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Genetic dissection of heterosis using epistatic association mapping in a partial NCII mating design.
Scientific reports - 17 Dec 2015
Wen Jia, Zhao Xinwang, Wu Guorong, Xiang Dan, Liu Qing, Bu Su-Hong, Yi Can, Song Qijian, Dunwell Jim M, Tu Jinxing, Zhang Tianzhen, Zhang Yuan-Ming
Abstract excerpt
Heterosis refers to the phenomenon in which an F1 hybrid exhibits enhanced growth or agronomic performance. However, previous theoretical studies on heterosis have been based on bi-parental segregating populations instead of F1 hybrids. To understand the genetic basis of heterosis, here we used a subset of F1 hybrids, named a partial North Carolina II design, to perform association mapping for dependent...
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