Parameters of Gamma distributions of QTL effects in barley
Multiple-marker analysisa | Individual-marker analysis | |||
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Trait | α | β | α | β |
Kernel weight | 0.0579 | 0.2233 | 0.1145 | 1.1396 |
Yield | 0.0100 | 0.4194 | 0.0862 | 1.3148 |
Heading | 0.0285 | 0.3132 | 0.0955 | 1.6229 |
Height | 0.0181 | 0.3154 | 0.0862 | 1.3109 |
Maturity | 0.0323 | 0.2928 | 0.0985 | 1.3743 |
Test weight | 0.0184 | 0.3097 | 0.0854 | 1.3403 |
Lodging | 0.0165 | 0.3034 | 0.1059 | 1.0591 |
↵a Note that α is the scale parameter and β is the shape parameter. When β < 1 the curve is L-shaped, when β = 1 the curve is exponential, and when β > 1 the curve is bell shaped.