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Use of SSRs for establishing heterotic groups in subtropical maize.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2003
Reif J C, Melchinger A E, Xia X C, Warburton M L, Hoisington D A, Vasal S K, Beck D, Bohn M, Frisch M
Abstract excerpt
Heterotic groups and patterns are of fundamental importance in hybrid breeding. The objectives of our research were to: (1) investigate the relationship of simple sequence repeats (SSR) based genetic distances between populations and panmictic midparent heterosis (PMPH) in a broad range of CIMMYT maize germplasm, (2) evaluate the usefulness of SSR markers for defining heterotic groups and patterns in subtropical...
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