High-density SNP-based genetic map development and linkage disequilibrium assessment in Brassica napus L

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Delourme, Régine ^a   Falentin, Cyril ^a   Fomeju, Berline F ^a   Boillot, Marie ^b   Lassalle, Gilles ^a   André, Isabelle ^d   Duarte, Jorge ^d   Gauthier, Valérie ^c   Lucante, Nicole ^d   Marty, Amandine ^b   Pauchon, Maryline ^c   Pichon, Jean Philippe ^d   Ribière, Nicolas ^d   Trotoux, Gwenn ^a   Blanchard, Philippe ^b   Rivière, Nathalie ^d   Martinant, Jean Pierre ^c   Pauquet, Jérôme ^d  

^a Universite Rennes 1   (France)

^b Domaine de Sandreau   (France)

^c Limagrain Europe ^*  (France)

^d Biogemma   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; RAPESEED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME, PLANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84874071630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-120     Document Type: Article

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