Maize (Zea mays L.) is not only of worldwide importance as a food, feed and as a source of
diverse industrially important products, but is also a model genetic organism with immense …

Software programs that conduct genome-wide association studies and genomic prediction
and selection need to use methodologies that maximize statistical power, provide high …

Genome-Wide Association Studies shed light on the identification of genes underlying
human diseases and agriculturally important traits. This potential has been shadowed by …

A newly developed maize Illumina GoldenGate Assay with 1536 SNPs from 582 loci was
used to genotype a highly diverse global maize collection of 632 inbred lines from …

Association mapping is a powerful approach for exploring the molecular basis of phenotypic
variations in plants. A maize (Zea mays L.) association mapping panel including 527 inbred …

Association-based trait mapping is an innovative methodology based on linkage
disequilibrium. Studies in plants, especially in cereals, are rare. A genome-wide association …

Abstract Information about the genetic diversity and population structure in elite breeding
material is of fundamental importance for the improvement of crops. The objectives of our …

Abstract Characterization of genetic diversity is of great value to assist breeders in parental
line selection and breeding system design. We screened 770 maize inbred lines with 1,034 …

Key message Genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 923 maize lines and validation in
bi-parental populations identified significant genomic regions for kernel-Zinc and-Iron in …

As a bridge between theory and experimentation, computer simulation has become a
powerful tool in scientific research, providing not only preliminary validation of theories but …