GridQTL
Funded by BBSRC BEPII initiative
The mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) is the first step towards the identification of genes and causal polymorphisms that affect traits of importance in human medicine and agriculture. Fast, efficient and robust methods to map QTL have been developed by groups at The Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IEB), Edinburgh University and The Roslin Institute (RI), Edinburgh and can be deployed in QTL Express, the first publicly available Web-based application that can perform QTL mapping on a variety of population types.
GridQTL will extend the functionality of QTL Express by adding new and advanced approaches for modelling QTL analysis in simple and complex populations.
These developments will provide an essential core component of a future integrated biological system incorporating genetic, phenotypic, transcription and comparative information with the goal being to allow prediction from gene sequence to consequence.
Further information can be found by following this link: GridQTL