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Genome-wide association analysis of seedling root development in maize (Zea mays L.).
BMC genomics - 5 Feb 2015
Pace Jordon, Gardner Candice, Romay Cinta, Ganapathysubramanian Baskar, Lübberstedt Thomas
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BACKGROUND: Plants rely on the root system for anchorage to the ground and the acquisition and absorption of nutrients critical to sustaining productivity. A genome wide association analysis enables one to analyze allelic diversity of complex traits and identify superior alleles. 384 inbred lines from the Ames panel were genotyped with 681,257 single nucleotide polymorphism markers using Genotyping-by-Sequencing...
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