Definitions

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  • noun A locus (gene) that is among the factors affecting a trait whose values of interest are continuous rather than merely two.

Etymologies

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Initialism of quantitative trait locus

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Examples

  • In the 1990s, there was a surge of interest in finding and mapping genes that influence homosexuality in humans, and the recent work by Mustanski et al. 2005 extends this work to more modern QTL analysis.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » There’s Always Next Year 2009

  • All the attacker has to do is send a bogus call to a the RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol URL handler via HTML, JavaScript or through a QuickTime QTL file.

    Vulnerability Discovered in Apple QuickTime 2007

  • Windows Media Player: 850k and 1500k Quicktime (MOV): 850k and 1500k Quicktime (QTL): 850k and 1500k Real...

    Filmstalker: March 2007 Archives 2007

  • Paul Fisher just presented his PhD work on using workflows to improve the throughput of QTL matching against pathway information and phenotype.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Egon Willighagen 2007

  • Paul Fisher just presented his PhD work on using workflows to improve the throughput of QTL matching against pathway information and phenotype.

    Taverna Workshop, Hinxton, UK Egon Willighagen 2007

  • Nokia - large patent portfolios in the hands of other telecom companies have had no significant impact on the QTL business.

    unknown title 2011

  • Qualcomm also promoted Derek Aberle to executive vice president & group president in addition to his job as president of Qualcomm Technology Licensing QTL, which sells technology licenses.

    unknown title 2011

  • LTE chips for infringement, and - unlike Nortel, Samsung or even Broadcom - they lack their own hostages that QTL can threaten with its patent portfolio.

    unknown title 2011

  • Postdocotral positions in Bioinformatics and in Linkage/QTL mapping

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Ali Asadollahi 2010

  • QTL grants licenses to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

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