We know very little about the genetic basis of adaptation. Indeed, we can make no
theoretical predictions, however heuristic, about the distribution of phenotypic effects among …

Evolutionary biologists have long sought a way to determine whether a phenotypic
difference between two taxa was caused by natural selection or random genetic drift. Here I …

Abscisic acid (ABA) concentration in leaves of drought-stressed plants is a quantitatively
inherited trait. In order to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling leaf ABA …

Focuses on EPISTACY, a computer program designed to perform all pairwise tests among
any number of marker loci, to detect epistatic interactions among genes. Effect of epistatic …

Restriction fragment length polymorphism and isoenzyme markers were used to investigate
quantitative trait loci involved in sunflower resistance to mycelial extension of Sclerotinia …

The inheritance of resistance to southern rust (caused by Puccinia polysora Underw.) was
investigated in two F 2: 3 populations derived from crossing two temperate-adapted, 100 …

The application of marker-assisted selection (MAS) to breeding programmes depends on its
relative cost and the expected economic return compared to conventional phenotypic …

Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) is usually conducted with a single line cross. The
power of such QTL mapping depends highly on the two parental lines. If the two lines are …

La Science progresse-t-elle essentiellement par l'acquisition de nouveaux outils ou par
l'émergence de nouveaux concepts? Ce débat entre l'Homo faber et l'Homo sapiens peut se …

Trait means of marker genotypes are often inconsistent across experiments, thereby
hindering the use of regression techniques in marker-assisted selection. Best linear …