Table 5 Likelihood ratio test for the significance of the estimated QTL effects

From: A penalized maximum likelihood method for estimating epistatic effects of QTL

QTL effect

Estimate

LOD

Parameter

Estimate

LOD

b 1

4.5760

121.98

b 15 × 75

1.6738

24.85

b 21

3.2344

73.36

b 19 × 106

−0.4299

2.88NS

b 31

2.3337

43.71

b 2 × 45

0.7630

6.53

b 51

1.4163

18.46

b 22 × 32

−0.3499

2.33NS

b 71

1.5996

23.25

b 25 × 91

0.8232

7.26

b 91

0.9644

9.48

b 26 × 29

0.4798

2.77NS

B 11

1.2391

13.92

b 56 × 91

3.0166

66.43

b 111

0.5456

3.82

b 61 × 86

0.7848

6.53

B 11

0.5801

4.01

b 65 × 84

1.8898

29.91

b 1 × 11

0.8894

8.50

b 86 × 96

1.0248

10.92

b 2 × 119

3.7274

91.19

b 111 × 121

2.3618

45.24

b 10 × 91

1.3931

17.76

   
  1. NSThese tests are not significant based on the LOD 3 criterion.