Unmatched MBF data value while analyzing SNP markers

Dear ASReml users,

I am analyzing SNP markers to examine their association with phenotype
(growth of trees). There are 136 clones. Each clone has multiple copies
(genetically identical) tested across three environments (LOC).

Both phenotypic and marker data have missing phenotypes and
markers for some clones.

The .as job file and the mixed model is:

Title: CFor clones
#clone,parent1,parent2,famid,LOC,REP,HT_08,DIA_08,FORK,VOL
#101,9,11,J,Holly Hill-01,2,35.9,7,0,3.4838
#101,9,11,J,Holly Hill-01,4,38.3,6.6,0,3.3058
#101,9,11,J,Holly Hill-01,6,27.7,5.85,0,1.8929
  clone !P
  p1 !I
  p2 !I
  famid !A
  LOC !A 3
  REP *
  HT_08
  DIA_08 FORK VOL
CF_Pedigree.txt !SKIP 1 # Clones are included in pedigree file
CF_clones.csv !SKIP 1 !CSV !EXTRA 5 !NODISPLAY !DOPART 4 !MVINCLUDE
!CYCLE 1:449
!MBF mbf(clone,1) CF_marker1.csv !SKIP 1 !RFIELD $I !RENAME SNP$I !DDF 2
!FCON # marker data

HT_08 VOL ~ Trait Tr.LOC Tr.SNP$I ,
             !r Trait.clone Trait.ide(clone) Trait.REP.LOC
3 2 3
780 0 IDEN
Trait 0 US 11.5 0 3.17 !GU # HollyHill
898 0 IDEN
Trait 0 US 14.1 0 2.79 !GU # Oliver_Orchard
393 0 IDEN
Trait 0 US 11.0 0 2.79 !GU # Oliver_RR

Trait.clone 2
Trait 0 CORGH !+6 !GU #or !GU
6*0.1
clone 0 AINV

Trait.ide(clone) 2
Trait 0 IDEN 0.2 0.1 0.3
ide(clone) 0 IDEN

Trait.REP.LOC 2
Trait 0 IDEN 0.2 0.1 0.3
REP.LOC 0 IDEN

The model runs fine but the .asr output file reports the following
message for hundreds of data points for each marker:

"
Unmatched MBF data value 100.00 in data record 736
            1 101.00
Unmatched MBF data value 100.00 in data record 737
            1 101.00
Unmatched MBF data value 100.00 in data record 738
            1 101.00
...
"

I checked the ASReml3 manual (the latest version) but could not find any
explanation.

Q1) Is this because of missing phenotype records fro some markers?
Q2) How stringent the program is about the missing values in the
phenotypic and marker data?
Q3) What would be solutions?

I appreciate any feedback.

Some of you already know this: ASReml did not accept '.' or 'NA' as
missing values in the marker data file. However, when I converted missing
values to BLANK it worked.

Fikret Isik
Received on Mon Dec 06 2009 - 21:29:50 EST