Dissecting tocopherols content in maize (Zea mays L.), using two segregating populations and high-density single nucleotide polymorphism markers

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shutu, Xu ^a   Dalong, Zhang ^a   Ye, Cai ^a   Yi, Zhou ^a   Shah, Trushar ^b   Ali, Farhan ^c,d   Qing, Li ^a   Zhigang, Li ^a   Weidong, Wang ^a   Jiansheng, Li ^a   Xiaohong, Yang ^a   Jianbing, Yan ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Cereal Crops Research Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Maize; QTL mapping; Tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

TOCOPHEROL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TOCOPHEROLS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84868218908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-201     Document Type: Article

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