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

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on linkage disequilibrium (LD) provide a promising tool for the detection and fine mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying complex agronomic traits. In this study we explored t...

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Main Authors: Pasam Raj K, Sharma Rajiv, Malosetti Marcos, van Eeuwijk Fred A, Haseneyer Grit, Kilian Benjamin, Graner Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/12/16