title: Methods for genetic dissection of complex traits.
abstract: In this Perspective, the author responds to a recent SAGE KE Perspective. An alternative view of the benefits of quantitative trait loci mapping as a way to understand the molecular mechanisms of life-span determination is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. trudy_mackay@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: Trudy F C
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Mackay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*