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Metabolic control analysis as a mechanism that conserves genetic variance during advanced cycle breeding.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 May 2004
Yu J, Bernardo R
Abstract excerpt
The recycling of elite inbreds (i.e., advanced cycle breeding) has led to significant genetic gains but also to a narrow gene pool in plant breeding programs. Sustained yield improvements in many crops have suggested that genetic variance is not depleted at a rate predicted by an additive genetic model. Unlike the additive model in classical quantitative genetic theory, metabolic control analysis relates the...
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