Limitation of Number of Strains and Persistence of False Positive Loci in QTL Mapping Using Recombinant Inbred Strains

• Lishi Wang,

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery and BME, Campbell-Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Basic Medical Research, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China

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• Yan Jiao,

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery and BME, Campbell-Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Mudanjiang Medical College, Mudanjiang, PR China

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• Yanhong Cao,

  Affiliations Institute of Kaschin-Beck Disease, Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University; Key Laboratory of Etiologic Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province and Ministry of Health (23618104), Harbin, China, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and BME, Campbell-Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Gaifen Liu,

  Affiliation Department. of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Yongjun Wang,

  Affiliation Department. of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Weikuan Gu

  * E-mail: wgu@uthsc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery and BME, Campbell-Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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