Using marker-maps in marker-assisted selection.

doi:10.1017/s0016672300034698

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Using marker-maps in marker-assisted selection.

Genetical research - 1 Dec 1995

Whittaker J C, Curnow R N, Haley C S, Thompson R

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A method of using information on the location of markers to improve the efficiency of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in a population produced by a cross between two inbred lines is developed. The method is closer to mapping QTL than the selection index approaches to MAS described by previous aut...

Topics

Chromosome Mapping
Computer Simulation
Crosses, Genetic
Genetic Markers
Inbreeding
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic

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