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Identification of QTL with large effect on seed weight in a selective population of soybean with genome-wide association and fixation index analyses.
BMC genomics - 12 Jul 2017
Yan Long, Hofmann Nicolle, Li Shuxian, Ferreira Marcio Elias, Song Baohua, Jiang Guoliang, Ren Shuxin, Quigley Charles, Fickus Edward, Cregan Perry, Song Qijian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Soybean seed weight is not only a yield component, but also a critical trait for various soybean food products such as sprouts, edamame, soy nuts, natto and miso. Linkage analysis and genome-wide association study (GWAS) are two complementary and powerful tools to connect phenotypic differences to the underlying contributing loci. Linkage analysis is based on progeny derived from two parents, given...
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