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Effect of recombination in the parent populations on the means and combining ability variances in hybrid populations of maize ( Zea mays L.).
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jan 2003
Melchinger A E, Geiger H H, Utz H F, Schnell F W
Abstract excerpt
Recombination of selected genotypes plays a key role in plant breeding for generating new base populations. We investigated the influence of recombination in two parent populations on the means and combining ability variances of their hybrid population by (1) quantitative genetic theory and (2) experiments with maize. The two parent populations were founded by four early flint and four early dent inbred lines,...
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