The V
olcano Plots
tab contains the following elements:
The
volcano plot
(s) show the
LOD score
for each
trait
plotted on the
y
-axis versus either the
Estimate of the Additive Effect
on the
x
-axis or the
Estimate of the Dominance Effect
(coded in reference to the effect of the parental line 2 or P2
allele
). Each point on the plot represents a
QTL
testing location, with points colored by the
chromosome
or
linkage
group. Negative estimates indicate that there was a decrease in the quantitative trait associated with the allele from parental line 2. The black horizontal line represents a LOD threshold that was either specified on the process
dialog
or determined using permutation testing. Points to the upper left or upper right indicate locations with increasing evidence of a significant QTL that have large negative or positive effect on the trait of interest.