Genetic architecture of the maize kernel row number revealed by combining QTL mapping using a high-density genetic map and bulked segregant RNA sequencing

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Changlin ^a   Zhou, Qiang ^b   Dong, Le ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Weng, Jianfeng ^a   Li, Xinhai ^a   Xie, Chuanxiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulked segregant RNA sequencing; Kernel row number; Maize; Specific locus amplified fragment sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 8; GENE MAPPING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INBRED STRAIN; MAIZE; MAIZE KERNEL ROW NUMBER; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; RNA SEQUENCE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84995785890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3240-y     Document Type: Article

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