There is tremendous interest in using association mapping to identify genes responsible for
quantitative variation of complex traits with agricultural and evolutionary importance. Recent …

Association or linkage disequilibrium mapping has become a very popular method for
dissecting the genetic basis of complex traits in plants. The benefits of association mapping …

Dissecting the genetic architecture of complex traits is an ongoing challenge for geneticists.
Two complementary approaches for genetic mapping, linkage mapping and association …

The research area of association mapping (AM) is currently receiving major attention for
genetic studies of quantitative traits in all major crops. However, the level of success and …

Association mapping (AM) is an approach that accounts for thousands of polymorphisms to
evaluate the effects of quantitative trait loci (QTL). It is an important instrument for …

Quantitative genetics has a long history in plants: It has been used to study specific
biological processes, identify the factors important for trait evolution, and breed new crop …

The goal of many plant scientists' research is to explain natural phenotypic variation in terms
of simple changes in DNA sequence. Traditionally, linkage mapping has been the most …

Increased availability of high throughput genotyping technology together with advances in
DNA sequencing and in the development of statistical methodology appropriate for genome …

One of the many goals of plant geneticists and breeders pertains to the explanation of
phenotypic variation as it relates to changes in DNA sequence (Myles et al., 2009). The …

Compared to the conventional linkage mapping, linkage disequilibrium (LD)‐mapping,
using the nonrandom associations of loci in haplotypes, is a powerful high‐resolution …