Additive and over-dominant effects resulting from epistatic loci are the primary genetic basis of heterosis in rice

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-408

  Luo, Xiaojin ^a,b,c,d   Fu, Yongcai ^a,b,c   Zhang, Peijiang ^e   Wu, Shuang ^a,b,c   Tian, Feng ^a,b,c   Liu, Jiayong ^a,b,c   Zhu, Zuofeng ^a,b,c   Yang, Jinshui ^d   Sun, Chuanqing ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Centre for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice)   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Additivity; Epistasis; Heterosis; Over dominance; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; EPISTASIS; HETEROSIS; INBREEDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; DOMINANT GENE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RICE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, PLANT; HYBRID VIGOR; INBREEDING; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

JAPONICA;

EID: 64149104098     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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