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Improved heterosis prediction by combining information on DNA- and metabolic markers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
Gärtner Tanja, Steinfath Matthias, Andorf Sandra, Lisec Jan, Meyer Rhonda C, Altmann Thomas, Willmitzer Lothar, Selbig Joachim
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BACKGROUND: Hybrids represent a cornerstone in the success story of breeding programs. The fundamental principle underlying this success is the phenomenon of hybrid vigour, or heterosis. It describes an advantage of the offspring as compared to the two parental lines with respect to parameters such as growth and resistance against abiotic or biotic stress. Dominance, overdominance or epistasis based models are...
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