Genomic selection in forest tree breeding: The concept and an outlook to the future

New Forests

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 379-401

  Isik, Fikret ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest tree breeding; Genomic selection; Kinship analysis; Marker assisted selection; Pedigree reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; MANAGERS;

BREEDING POPULATIONS; BREEDING PROGRAM; GENOMIC SELECTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT GENOTYPING; KINSHIP ANALYSIS; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; TREE BREEDING; TREE IMPROVEMENT;

FORESTRY;

ANCESTRY; CONIFEROUS TREE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; KINSHIP; RECONSTRUCTION; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

BREEDING; CLONES; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; BOS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84899978826     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-014-9422-z     Document Type: Review

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