Expression QTLs: Applications for crop improvement

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-391

  Holloway, Beth ^a   Li, Bailin ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

eQTL; Expression quantitative trait loci; Genetical genomics; Mapping; Microarray; QTL

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AGRONOMY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CROPS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

'CURRENT; EXPRESSION QTL; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; GENES EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETICAL GENOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRANS ACTINGS; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 77957358583     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-010-9396-2     Document Type: Review

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