vern {qtlbim} | R Documentation

## Eight week vernalization data for Brassica napus

### Description

Contains genotypes and phenotypes for 8-week vernalization study used in Satagopan et al. (1996).

### Usage

    data(vern)

### Format

See `read.cross` for format of `vern`.

### Source

Thomas C. Osborn (mailto:tcosborn@facstaff.wisc.edu), Department of Agronomy, UW-Madison.

### References

- http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~yandell/qtl/data/osborn/Bnapus
- Ferreira ME, Satagopan J, Yandell BS, Williams PH, Osborn TC (1995) Mapping loci controlling vernalization requirement and flowering time in Brassica napus. Theor Appl Genet 90: 727-732. [original source and analysis]
- Kole C, Thorman CE, Karlsson BH, Palta JP, Gaffney P, Yandell BS, Osborn TC (2001) Comparative mapping of loci controlling winter survival and related traits in oilseed Brassica rapa and B. napus. Molecular Breeding 1: 329-339. [refined map and reanalysis]
- JM Satagopan, BS Yandell, MA Newton and TC Osborn (1996) Markov chain Monte Carlo approach to detect polygene loci for complex traits. Genetics 144: 805-816. http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/abstract/144/2/805 [first MCMC for experimental crosses; analysis of B. napus N2=LG9; see `vern` data]

  ### See Also

  `read.cross`, `plot.qb`, `qb.mcmc`

  ### Examples

      data(vern)
      summary(vern)

  [Package qtlbim version 1.6.5 Index]