Quantitative trait loci in hop (Humulus lupulus L.) reveal complex genetic architecture underlying variation in sex, yield and cone chemistry

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  McAdam, Erin L ^a   Freeman, Jules S ^a,b   Whittock, Simon P ^a,c   Buck, Emily J ^d   Jakse, Jernej ^e   Cerenak, Andreja ^f   Javornik, Branka ^e   Kilian, Andrzej ^g   Wang, Cai Hong ^h   Andersen, Dave ^d   Vaillancourt, René E ^a   Carling, Jason ^g   Beatson, Ron ^d   Graham, Lawrence ^d   Graham, Donna ^d   Darby, Peter ⁱ   Koutoulis, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c Hop Products Australia   (Australia)

^d THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing   (Slovenia)

^g Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^h QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ Wye Hops Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity arrays technology DArT; Dry cone weight; Essential oil; Hop acid; Linkage map; Plant secondary metabolite; Pleiotropy; Sex linked marker; Transferable marker

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMULUS LUPULUS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT YIELD; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEX; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMULUS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

HUMULUS LUPULUS;

FLOWERS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMULUS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84878247302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-360     Document Type: Article

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