Novel genetic selection system for quantitative trait loci of quality protein maize

Genetics

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1019-1022

  Wu, Yongrui ^a   Messing, Joachim ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; HARDNESS; KERNEL HARDNESS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; WILD TYPE;

GENE CONVERSION; GENES, PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80051478842     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.131078     Document Type: Note

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