Genome-wide association analysis of seedling root development in maize (Zea mays L.)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pace, Jordon ^a   Gardner, Candice ^a   Romay, Cinta ^b   Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar ^c   Lübberstedt, Thomas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome wide association study; Maize; Roots

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT;

ZEA MAYS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDLINGS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84924339826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1226-9     Document Type: Article

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