Table 4.

Outbred F₂ QTL analyses using a 2-QTL model.

F1 Boara	Traitb	QTL Position A (cM)	QTL Position B (cM)	2 vs. 0 QTL F-Test Statistic	2 vs. 1 QTL F-Test Statistic	Likelihood Ratio	LOD	Additive Effect QTL A	S.E.c QTL A	Dominance Effect QTL A	S.E.d QTL A	Additive Effect QTL B	S.E.c QTL B	Dominance Effect QTL B	S.E.d QTL B
IMQP	Shear	25	54	14.42	2.65	55.70	12.10	-0.20	0.03	-0.07	0.05	-0.02	0.04	0.10	0.05
IMQP	Tender	24	35	14.42	5.13	55.92	12.14	0.56	0.14	-0.26	0.16	0.03	0.14	0.47	0.15
108110	Shear	2	43	6.32	1.76	23.20	5.04	-0.31	0.10	-0.21	0.14	-0.21	0.11	0.11	0.14
108110	Tender	15	43	10.70	1.53	37.07	8.05	0.94	0.30	0.27	0.37	0.48	0.27	0.14	0.31
108120	Shear	34	54	5.71	2.98	21.37	4.64	-0.28	0.08	-0.10	0.10	0.11	0.07	0.23	0.11
108120	Tender	1	28	6.11	1.72	22.75	4.94	-0.29	0.21	-0.37	0.28	0.90	0.20	0.51	0.26
207061	Shear	29	39	7.18	3.34	25.36	5.51	0.09	0.13	-0.60	0.16	-0.33	0.13	0.40	0.16
207061	Tender	18	23	4.35	2.35	16.16	3.51	-2.16	1.17	2.82	1.32	2.73	1.12	-2.70	1.24
108120, 207061	Shear	40	53	11.07	7.85	40.92	8.89	-0.33	0.07	-0.20	0.08	0.19	0.07	0.34	0.09
108120, 207061	Tender	28	78	7.67	1.74	29.07	6.31	0.64	0.13	0.18	0.19	-0.05	0.14	0.35	0.19

^aIMQP indicates all animals of the Illinois Meat Quality Pedigree analyzed in this study.

^bShear and Tender denote Instron Shear Force and Taste Panel Tenderness, respectively.

^cDenotes standard error associated with additive effects.

^dDenotes standard error associated with dominance effects.