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A model for linkage analysis with apomixis.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2011
Hou Wei, Lin Shen, Li Yao, Pang Xiaoming, Zeng Yanru, Wu Rongling
Abstract excerpt
Apomixis, or asexual reproduction through seeds, occurs in over 400 species of angiosperms. Although apomixis can favorably perpetuate desired genotypes through successive seed generation, it may also bring about some difficulty for linkage analysis and quantitative trait locus mapping. In this article, we explore the issue of how apomixis affects the precision and power of linkage analysis with molecular...
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