Genome-wide association studies of ionomic and agronomic traits in USDA mini core collection of rice and comparative analyses of different mapping methods.
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SUBMITTER: Liu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7513512 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
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Genome-wide association studies of ionomic and agronomic traits in USDA mini core collection of rice and comparative analyses of different mapping methods.
Liu Shuai S Zhong Hua H Meng Xiaoxi X Sun Tong T Li Yangsheng Y Pinson Shannon R M SRM Chang Sam K C SKC Peng Zhaohua Z
BMC plant biology 20200924 1
<h4>Background</h4>Rice is an important human staple food vulnerable to heavy metal contamination leading to serious concerns. High yield with low heavy metal contamination is a common but highly challenging goal for rice breeders worldwide due to lack of genetic knowledge and markers.<h4>Results</h4>To identify candidate QTLs and develop molecular markers for rice yield and heavy metal content, a total of 191 accessions from the USDA Rice mini-core collection with over 3.2 million SNPs were emp ...[more]
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