A combined linkage and regional association mapping validation and fine mapping of two major pleiotropic QTLs for seed weight and silique length in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Na ^a   Shi, Jiaqin ^a   Wang, Xinfa ^a   Liu, Guihua ^a   Wang, Hanzhong ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Fine mapping; Linkage disequilibrium; Linkage mapping; Pleiotropy; Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.); Regional association mapping; Seed weight size; Silique length

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CROSS BREEDING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAPESEED;

ALLELES; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENOME, PLANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS;

EID: 84899960158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-114     Document Type: Article

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