A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting grain yield and its components of maize both in single-and two-locus levels

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1452-1461

  Yan, Jianbing ^a,b   Tang, Hua ^b   Huang, Yiqin ^b   Zheng, Yonglian ^b   Subhash, Chander ^a   Li, Jiansheng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epistatic QTL; Molecular markers; Quantitative trait loci (QTL)

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748941286     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-1452-2     Document Type: Article

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