On the usefulness of parental lines GWAS for predicting low heritability traits in tropical maize hybrids.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) is one of the most popular methods of studying the genetic control of traits. This methodology has been intensely performed on inbred genotypes to identify causal variants. Nonetheless, the lack of covariance between the phenotype of inbred lines and their offs...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Galli, Filipe Couto Alves, Júlia Silva Morosini, Roberto Fritsche-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228724