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Conventional breeding, marker-assisted selection, genomic selection and inbreeding in clonally propagated crops: a case study for cassava.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2015
Ceballos Hernán, Kawuki Robert S, Gracen Vernon E, Yencho G Craig, Hershey Clair H
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Consolidates relevant molecular and phenotypic information on cassava to demonstrate relevance of heterosis, and alternatives to exploit it by integrating different tools. Ideas are useful to other asexually reproduced crops. Asexually propagated crops offer the advantage that all genetic effects can be exploited in farmers' production fields. However, non-additive effects complicate selection because, while...
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