The key to complex trait dissection is to bridge molecular diversity with functional diversity
found in the germplasm under study. Linkage analysis and association studies are two …

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) and association mapping is receiving considerable attention in
the plant genetics community for its potential to use existing genetic resources collections to …

Crop improvement and the dissection of complex genetic traits require germplasm diversity.
Although this necessary phenotypic variability exists in diverse maize, most research is …

Association mapping based on the linkage disequilibrium provides a promising tool to
identify genes responsible for quantitative variations underlying complex traits. Presented …

Comprehensively identifying the loci shaping trait variation has been challenging, in part
because standard approaches often miss many types of genetic variants. Structural variants …

High-density genotyping is extensively exploited in genome-wide association mapping
studies and genomic selection in maize. By contrast, linkage mapping studies were until …

Linking natural genetic variation to trait variation can help determine the functional roles
ofdifferent genes. Variations of one or several traits are often assessed separately. High …

Association mapping, also known as linkage disequilibrium mapping, is a relatively new and
promising genetic method for complex trait dissection. Association map ping has the …

Most genetic mapping has either involved examining the offspring of two individuals (linkage
mapping) or examining a large collection of unrelated individuals (association mapping). We …

In many eukaryotic species the organismal functions of only a small fraction of annotated
genes are supported by individual genetic characterization. The organismal functions of a …