Maize genetic diversity has been used to understand the molecular basis of phenotypic
variation and to improve agricultural efficiency and sustainability. We crossed 25 diverse …

Maize is an important crop species of high genetic diversity. We identified and genotyped
several million sequence polymorphisms among 27 diverse maize inbred lines and …

Background Recent studies of ancestral maize populations indicate that linkage
disequilibrium tends to dissipate rapidly, sometimes within 100 bp. We set out to examine …

Among the fundamental evolutionary forces, recombination arguably has the largest impact
on the practical work of plant breeders. Varying over 1,000-fold across the maize genome …

Appropriate selection of parents for the development of mapping populations is pivotal to
maximizing the power of quantitative trait loci detection. Trait genotypic variation within a …

We measured sequence diversity in 21 loci distributed along chromosome 1 of maize (Zea
mays ssp. mays L.). For each locus, we sequenced a common sample of 25 individuals …

Association studies based on linkage disequilibrium (LD) can provide high resolution for
identifying genes that may contribute to phenotypic variation. We report patterns of local and …

Association mapping through linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis is a powerful tool for the
dissection of complex agronomic traits and for the identification of alleles that can contribute …

We have resequenced a group of six elite maize inbred lines, including the parents of the
most productive commercial hybrid in China. This effort uncovered more than 1,000,000 …

It has been just over a decade since the release of the maize (Zea mays) Nested Association
Mapping (NAM) population. The NAM population has been and continues to be an …