Over the last three decades, steady progresses within the fields of molecular genetics and
quantitative genetics have led to two major breakthroughs in genetics, genetic mapping and …

Maize (Zea mays L.) serves as model plant for heterosis research and is the crop where
hybrid breeding was pioneered. We analyzed genomic and phenotypic data of 1254 hybrids …

Maize is the most widely grown cereal in the world. In addition to its role in global
agriculture, it has also long served as a model organism for genetic research. Maize stands …

We have been exploring the use of GWAS for trait analysis and gene isolation in cultivated
barley. In this chapter we describe the approach we have taken and some of the hurdles that …

Complex trait dissection through association mapping provides a powerful complement to
traditional linkage analysis. The genetic structure of an association mapping panel can be …

For many plant and animal species, commercial products are hybrids between individuals
from different genetic groups. For allogamous plant species such as maize, the breeding …

This letter to the editor describes the following software:(a) RRBLUP and RRBLUP2 for
genomewide prediction via ridge regression‐best linear unbiased prediction;(b) GModel …

Maize harbours tremendous natural diversity, which can be used for improvement. In our
ongoing effort to characterize molecular and functional diversity in the maize genome, we …

Gene networks provide a system-level overview of genetic organizations and enable the
dissection of functional modules underlying complex traits. Integration of diverse genomics …

We investigated the genetic and statistical properties of the nested association mapping
(NAM) design currently being implemented in maize (26 diverse founders and 5000 distinct …