Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) and Mendelian Trait Loci (MTL) Analysis in Prunus: A Breeding Perspective and Beyond

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Salazar, Juan Alfonso ^a   Ruiz, David ^a   Campoy, José Antonio ^b,c   Sánchez Pérez, Raquel ^d   Crisosto, Carlos H ^e   Martínez García, Pedro J ^e   Blenda, Anna ^f,h   Jung, Sook ^g   Main, Dorrie ^g   Martínez Gómez, Pedro ^a   Rubio, Manuel ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Erskine College   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; eQTL; Marker assisted breeding; Mendelian trait loci; MTL; Phenotype; Prunus; QTL; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 84892484998     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-013-0643-7     Document Type: Review

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