Importance of epistasis as the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 9226-9231

  Yu, S B ^a   Li, J X ^a   Xu, C G ^a   Tan, Y F ^a   Gao, Y J ^a   Li, X H ^a   Zhang, Qifa ^a   Saghai Maroof, M A ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid vigor; Interaction between loci; Molecular markers; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EPISTASIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE;

EID: 0030829363     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.17.9226     Document Type: Article

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