Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 927-934

  Yano, Kenji ^a   Yamamoto, Eiji ^b   Aya, Koichiro ^a   Takeuchi, Hideyuki ^a   Lo, Pei Ching ^a   Hu, Li ^a   Yamasaki, Masanori ^c   Yoshida, Shinya ^d   Kitano, Hidemi ^a   Hirano, Ko ^a   Matsuoka, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Forestry and Fisheries   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DNA FLANKING REGION; FLOWERING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEADING DATE 2 GENE; HEADING DATE 6 GENE; INTRON; JAPONICA RICE; NONHUMAN; ORYZA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT HEIGHT; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; TRANSPOSON; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; ORYZA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84975256248     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3596     Document Type: Article

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