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Genetic properties of the MAGIC maize population: a new platform for high definition QTL mapping in Zea mays.
Genome biology - 11 Sept 2015
Dell'Acqua Matteo, Gatti Daniel M, Pea Giorgio, Cattonaro Federica, Coppens Frederik, Magris Gabriele, Hlaing Aye L, Aung Htay H, Nelissen Hilde, Baute Joke, Frascaroli Elisabetta, Churchill Gary A, Inzé Dirk, Morgante Michele, Pè Mario Enrico
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BACKGROUND: Maize (Zea mays) is a globally produced crop with broad genetic and phenotypic variation. New tools that improve our understanding of the genetic basis of quantitative traits are needed to guide predictive crop breeding. We have produced the first balanced multi-parental population in maize, a tool that provides high diversity and dense recombination events to allow routine quantitative trait loci...
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