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Mitchell-Olds Genome Biology 2010,11:113 /2010/11/4/113 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Complex-trait analysis in plants Thomas Mitchell-Olds* Genetics, take a family-based approach, describing a Abstract complex pedigree that can be used to ?ne-map QTLs in Two recent studies inArabidopsis have identied quantitative trait loci (QTLs) by population-association and family-based studies, respectively, providing further data on the genetic architecture of complex- trait variation in plants. Arabidopsis. Population-based association studies In plant populations, application of populati