Status and prospects of association mapping in plants

C Zhu, M Gore, ES Buckler, J Yu - The plant genome, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
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 mapping: critical considerations shift from genotyping to experimental design

S Myles, J Peiffer, PJ Brown, ES Ersoz, Z Zhang… - The Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
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 …

The statistical analysis of multi-environment data: modeling genotype-by-environment interaction and its genetic basis

M Malosetti, JM Ribaut, FA van Eeuwijk - Frontiers in physiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) is an important phenomenon in plant breeding.
This paper presents a series of models for describing, exploring, understanding, and …

Efficient control of population structure in model organism association mapping

HM Kang, NA Zaitlen, CM Wade, A Kirby… - Genetics, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Genomewide association mapping in model organisms such as inbred mouse strains is a
promising approach for the identification of risk factors related to human diseases. However …

Genomic prediction in animals and plants: simulation of data, validation, reporting, and benchmarking

HD Daetwyler, MPL Calus, R Pong-Wong… - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The genomic prediction of phenotypes and breeding values in animals and plants has
developed rapidly into its own research field. Results of genomic prediction studies are often …

Genome-wide association studies for agronomical traits in a world wide spring barley collection

RK Pasam, R Sharma, M Malosetti, FA van Eeuwijk… - BMC plant biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on linkage disequilibrium
(LD) provide a promising tool for the detection and fine mapping of quantitative trait loci …

Software for genome‐wide association studies in autopolyploids and its application to potato

UR Rosyara, WS De Jong, DS Douches… - The plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) are widely used in diploid species to study
complex traits in diversity and breeding populations, but GWAS software tailored to …

INTERMEDIUM-C, a modifier of lateral spikelet fertility in barley, is an ortholog of the maize domestication gene TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1

L Ramsay, J Comadran, A Druka, DF Marshall… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The domestication of cereals has involved common changes in morphological features,
such as seed size, seed retention and modification of vegetative and inflorescence …

Association analysis of historical bread wheat germplasm using additive genetic covariance of relatives and population structure

J Crossa, J Burgueno, S Dreisigacker, M Vargas… - Genetics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Linkage disequilibrium can be used for identifying associations between traits of interest and
genetic markers. This study used mapped diversity array technology (DArT) markers to find …

Application of association mapping to understanding the genetic diversity of plant germplasm resources

IY Abdurakhmonov… - International journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Compared to the conventional linkage mapping, linkage disequilibrium (LD)‐mapping,
using the nonrandom associations of loci in haplotypes, is a powerful high‐resolution …