QTL analysis in plants; where are we now?

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Kearsey, M J ^a   Farquhar, A G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Mapping; Overdominance; QTL numbers; Synteny

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; GENETICS; PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, PLANT; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032005368     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885001     Document Type: Review

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