Genetic and physical mapping of flowering time loci in canola (Brassica napus L.)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-132

  Raman, Harsh ^a,b   Raman, Rosy ^a,b   Eckermann, Paul ^c   Coombes, Neil ^a   Manoli, Sahana ^d   Zou, Xiaoxiao ^e   Edwards, David ^d   Meng, Jinling ^e   Prangnell, Roslyn ^a   Stiller, Jiri ^d   Batley, Jacqueline ^d   Luckett, David ^a,b   Wratten, Neil ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth ^f  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; CANDIDATE GENES; CHROMOSOMAL LOCATION; COMPLEX TRAITS; DOUBLED HAPLOID; FLOWERING LOCUS C; FLOWERING LOCUS T; FLOWERING TIME GENES; FLOWERING-TIME; GENETIC AND PHYSICAL MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; MOLECULAR LINKAGES; OPTIMAL TIME; QTL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEQUENCERELATED AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHISMS (SRAP); SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS;

CULTIVATION; GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; FLOWER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAPESEED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA;

EID: 84871925746     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1966-8     Document Type: Article

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