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Quantitative Genetics and Genomic Selection

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Most economically important traits such as yield display continuous variation which results from segregation at a number of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) together with the effects of non-heritable environmental factors. QTLs can be located and studied through their linkage to abundantly available molecular (DNA) markers such as Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) ones discovered from high-throughput genotyping. Analysis can be done in segregating populations (interval mapping), through construction of chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs), and on populations of germplasm (GWAS: genome wide association mapping studies). Markers tightly linked to desirable QTL alleles can be used for marker assisted selection or all markers can be used in genomic selection (GS) to predict the genetic values of breeding material. A prerequisite for these genetic analyses, and also for confirmation of the results of selection, is accurate phenotyping (preferably high-throughput) in randomized and replicated field trials, with control of within-trial heterogeneity and inter-plot interference.

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Bradshaw, J.E. (2016). Quantitative Genetics and Genomic Selection. In: Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23285-0_6

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