Genome-wide association study dissects the genetic architecture of oil biosynthesis in maize kernels

Nature Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-50

  Li, Hui ^a   Peng, Zhiyu ^b   Yang, Xiaohong ^a   Wang, Weidong ^a   Fu, Junjie ^c   Wang, Jianhua ^a   Han, Yingjia ^a   Chai, Yuchao ^a   Guo, Tingting ^a   Yang, Ning ^d   Liu, Jie ^d   Warburton, Marilyn L ^e   Cheng, Yanbing ^b   Hao, Xiaomin ^a   Zhang, Pan ^a   Zhao, Jinyang ^b   Liu, Yunjun ^c   Wang, Guoying ^c   Li, Jiansheng ^a   Yan, Jianbing ^d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CORN OIL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871996129     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2484     Document Type: Article

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