Construction of a high density linkage map and its application in the identification of QTLs for soluble sugar and organic acid components in apple

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Ma, Baiquan ^a,c   Zhao, Shuang ^a,c   Wu, Benhong ^b   Wang, Dongmei ^d   Peng, Qian ^a,c   Owiti, Albert ^a,c   Fang, Ting ^a,c   Liao, Liao ^a   Ogutu, Collins ^a,c   Korban, Schuyler S ^e   Li, Shaohua ^b   Han, Yuepeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Liaoning Province Institute of Pomology   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Genetic mapping; Linkage map; Organic acids; Soluble sugars

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951205300     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-015-0959-6     Document Type: Article

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