Development of an integrated linkage map of einkorn wheat and its application for QTL mapping and genome sequence anchoring

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 53-70

  Yu, Kang ^a,c   Liu, Dongcheng ^a   Wu, Wenying ^a   Yang, Wenlong ^a   Sun, Jiazhu ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Zhan, Kehui ^b   Cui, Dangqun ^b   Ling, Hongqing ^a   Liu, Chunming ^c   Zhang, Aimin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCAFFOLDS;

AGRONOMIC TRAITS; GENETIC INFORMATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PHENOTYPIC VARIANCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES;

GENES;

GENETIC MARKER;

CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CROSS BREEDING; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; WHEAT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PLANT; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRITICUM;

EID: 84988683767     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2791-2     Document Type: Article

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