Table 2.
Subgenomic distribution of QTLs controlling fiber-related traist
| Trait | Overall PVE (all QTLs), % | A subgenome
|
D subgenome
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. QTLs | PVE | No. QTLs | PVE | ||
| STR | 30.9 | 0 | — | 3 | 30.9 |
| SFCw | 14.7 | 0 | — | 1 | 14.7 |
| Dn | 12.6 | 1 | 12.6 | 0 | — |
| LnCV | 23.0 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | 14.9 |
| ELONG | 21.1 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 12.3 |
| LB | 58.5 | 0 | — | 2 | 58.5 |
| LogSDCT | 17.0 | 1 | 6.4 | 1 | 12.3 |
| Sept12 | 8.1 | 0 | — | 1 | 8.1 |
Overall phenotypic variance explained (PVE) of multiple-QTL models is normally slightly less than the sum of the PVEs of the component single-QTL models, due to factors such as nominal confounding of variance explained by different QTLs or interactions between the QTLs.