Real time QTL of complex phenotypes in tomato interspecific introgression lines

A current bioinformatic challenge is to include information in genomic databases about subtle phenotypic differences that show continuous distribution in segregating populations. Real Time quantitative trait loci (QTL) present, in silico, a range of statistical and graphical outputs that describe components of the genetic variation using wild species introgression lines of tomato (http://zamir.sgn.cornell.edu/). Yield-associated phenotypes are included in a relational database that enables mapping QTL, viewing associations between traits, and searching for specific combinations of desired phenotypes.