Overdominance and epistasis are important for the genetic basis of heterosis in Brassica rapa

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1207-1211

  Dong, De Kun ^a   Cao, Jia Shu ^a,b   Shi, Kai ^a   Liu, Le Cheng ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Epistasis; Heterosis; Overdominance; Quantitative trait locus (QTL)

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 34447620101     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.5.1207     Document Type: Article

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