Genome Wide Association Studies Using a New Nonparametric Model Reveal the Genetic Architecture of 17 Agronomic Traits in an Enlarged Maize Association Panel

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Ning ^a   Lu, Yanli ^a,b   Yang, Xiaohong ^c   Huang, Juan ^a   Zhou, Yang ^a   Ali, Farhan ^a   Wen, Weiwei ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Li, Jiansheng ^c   Yan, Jianbing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INBRED STRAIN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT HEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; BREEDING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

BREEDING; GENOME, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84907578015     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004573     Document Type: Article

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