Testing for linkage disequilibrium in the New Zealand radiata pine breeding population

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 292-298

  Kumar, S ^a   Echt, C ^a   Wilcox, P L ^a   Richardson, T E ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding value; Linkage disequilibrium; Marker assisted selection; Pinus radiata; SSR marker

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PARENTAL GENOTYPES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PINE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, PLANT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PINUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0842330683     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1352-7     Document Type: Article

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