Marker-trait association analysis of functional gene markers for provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Azmach, Girum ^a,b   Gedil, Melaku ^a   Menkir, Abebe ^a   Spillane, Charles ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Carotenoids; Functional markers; Marker assisted selection; Provitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

RETINOL;

ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENDOSPERM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENDOSPERM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VITAMIN A; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84890995055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-227     Document Type: Article

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