A mixture model approach to the mapping of QTL controlling endosperm traits with bulked samples

Genetica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-70

  Wang, Xuefeng ^a   Hu, Zhiqiu ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Yuling ^b   Zhang, Yuan Ming ^c   Xu, Chenwu ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulked sample; Endosperm traits; Expectation maximization (E M) algorithm; Maximum likelihood (ML) estimation; Triploid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CEREALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36448934121     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-007-9149-2     Document Type: Article

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