An introduction to association mapping in plants

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stich, Benjamin ^a   Melchinger, Albrecht E ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Genotyping; Linkage disequilibrium; Phenotyping; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952445645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20105039     Document Type: Review

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