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Description Example of a Scan for Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) on a single chromosome; this study was performed on patients with osteoporosis; 1,100 microsatellite markers were used for a Genome-wide Scan, and the main finding was a major QTL on chromosome 20 which is shown here with the detailed QTL data; see also this image for the complete results of all chromosomes
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Source Styrkarsdottir U, Cazier JB, Kong A, Rolfsson O, Larsen H, et al. (2003) Linkage of Osteoporosis to Chromosome 20p12 and Association to BMP2. PLoS Biol 1(3): e69 ( image link ) doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0000069
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