Table 1 Comparison of power and efficiency of single and multi-locus models in GWAS for the detection of marker-trait associations
From: Genome-wide association study and its applications in the non-model crop Sesamum indicum
| Species | Sample size | Traits under study | Number of traits measured | SNPs number | Statistical Models | Number of models | Maximum QTN detected by each model | Co-detected QTN | Outperformed model | Recommended approach | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabidopsis | 188 | Flowering time | 6 | 216,130 | Single-locus | 2 | 25 | NA | mrMLM | Multi-locus | [47] |
| Multi-locus | 1 | 120 | |||||||||
| 199 | Flowering time | 4 | 216,130 | Single-locus | 4 | 21 | NA | FASTmrEMMA | Multi-locus | [17] | |
| Multi-locus | 2 | 68 | |||||||||
| Maize | 144 | Embryonic callus regenerative capacity | 5 | 43427 | Single-locus | 1 | 1 | 63 | ISIS EMBLASSO | Multi-locus | [69] |
| Multi-locus | 4 | 160 | |||||||||
| 230 | Starch pasting properties | 7 | 145,232 | Single-locus | 1 | 7 | 7 | FASTmrEMMA, | Integrated | [70] | |
| Multi-locus | 3 | 29 | |||||||||
| Cotton | 160 | Fiber quality | 6 | 72,792 | Single-locus | 1 | NA | 70 | NA | Integrated | [71] |
| Multi-locus | 6 | ||||||||||
| 169 | Fiber quality | 5 | 53,848 | Single-locus | 3 | 342 | 15 | multi-locus | Integrated | [54] | |
| Multi-locus | 3 | ||||||||||
| Soybean | 368 | Plant height and number of models | 6 | 62,423 | Single-locus | 1 | 24 | NA | mrMLM | Multi-locus | [72] |
| Multi-locus | 1 | 64 | |||||||||
| Wheat | 182 | Free amino acid level | 20 | 14,646 | Single-locus | 1 | 4 | 66 | pkWmEB | Integrated | [73] |
| Multi-locus | 6 | 117 | |||||||||
| Rice | 478 | Salt-tolerance | 5 | 165,529 | NA | 6 | NA | 56 | ISIS EM-BLASSO | Integrated | [55] |
| Multi-locus | 371 |