MAPfastR: Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping in Outbred Line Crosses
Ronald M. Nelson, Carl Nettelblad, Mats E. Pettersson, Xia Shen, Lucy Crooks, Francois Besnier, José M. Álvarez-Castro, Lars Rönnegård, Weronica Ek, Zheya Sheng, Marcin Kierczak, Sverker Holmgren and Örjan Carlborg
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 1, 2013 vol. 3 no. 12 2147-2149; https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.113.008623
Ronald M. Nelson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Carl Nettelblad
Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden
Mats E. Pettersson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Xia Shen
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
Lucy Crooks
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC SE-75124 Uppsala, SwedenWelcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
Francois Besnier
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
José M. Álvarez-Castro
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Genetics, University of Santiago de Compostela, ES-27002 Lugo, Galiza, SpainInstituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Evolutionary Genetics Group, Oeiras, Portugal
Lars Rönnegård
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenStatistics Unit, Dalarna University, SE-791 88 Falun, Sweden
Weronica Ek
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Zheya Sheng
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenState Key Laboratory for Agro-Biotechnology, China Agricultural University,100193, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Marcin Kierczak
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Sverker Holmgren
Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden
Örjan Carlborg
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract
MAPfastR is a software package developed to analyze quantitative trait loci data from inbred and outbred line-crosses. The package includes a number of modules for fast and accurate quantitative trait loci analyses. It has been developed in the R language for fast and comprehensive analyses of large datasets. MAPfastR is freely available at: http://www.computationalgenetics.se/?page_id=7
- Received May 31, 2013.
- Accepted September 26, 2013.
- Copyright © 2013 Nelson et al.
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MAPfastR: Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping in Outbred Line Crosses
Ronald M. Nelson, Carl Nettelblad, Mats E. Pettersson, Xia Shen, Lucy Crooks, Francois Besnier, José M. Álvarez-Castro, Lars Rönnegård, Weronica Ek, Zheya Sheng, Marcin Kierczak, Sverker Holmgren and Örjan Carlborg
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 1, 2013 vol. 3 no. 12 2147-2149; https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.113.008623
Ronald M. Nelson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Carl Nettelblad
Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden
Mats E. Pettersson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Xia Shen
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
Lucy Crooks
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC SE-75124 Uppsala, SwedenWelcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
Francois Besnier
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
José M. Álvarez-Castro
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Genetics, University of Santiago de Compostela, ES-27002 Lugo, Galiza, SpainInstituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Evolutionary Genetics Group, Oeiras, Portugal
Lars Rönnegård
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenStatistics Unit, Dalarna University, SE-791 88 Falun, Sweden
Weronica Ek
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Zheya Sheng
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenState Key Laboratory for Agro-Biotechnology, China Agricultural University,100193, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Marcin Kierczak
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Sverker Holmgren
Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden
Örjan Carlborg
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
MAPfastR: Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping in Outbred Line Crosses
Ronald M. Nelson, Carl Nettelblad, Mats E. Pettersson, Xia Shen, Lucy Crooks, Francois Besnier, José M. Álvarez-Castro, Lars Rönnegård, Weronica Ek, Zheya Sheng, Marcin Kierczak, Sverker Holmgren and Örjan Carlborg
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 1, 2013 vol. 3 no. 12 2147-2149; https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.113.008623
Ronald M. Nelson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Carl Nettelblad
Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden
Mats E. Pettersson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Xia Shen
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
Lucy Crooks
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC SE-75124 Uppsala, SwedenWelcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
Francois Besnier
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
José M. Álvarez-Castro
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Genetics, University of Santiago de Compostela, ES-27002 Lugo, Galiza, SpainInstituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Evolutionary Genetics Group, Oeiras, Portugal
Lars Rönnegård
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenStatistics Unit, Dalarna University, SE-791 88 Falun, Sweden
Weronica Ek
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Zheya Sheng
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, SwedenState Key Laboratory for Agro-Biotechnology, China Agricultural University,100193, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Marcin Kierczak
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
Sverker Holmgren
Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden
Örjan Carlborg
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden