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Quantitative Trait Locus

Last Updated: May 21, 2012

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Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) - Area of a chromosome at which a gene exits that has a direct effect on a quantitative trait of interest. Similar to economic trait locus (ETL), except that QTL refers only to quantitative traits.

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