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Heterosis Is Prevalent for Multiple Traits in Diverse Maize Germplasm

BACKGROUND: Heterosis describes the superior phenotypes observed in hybrids relative to their inbred parents. Maize is a model system for studying heterosis due to the high levels of yield heterosis and commercial use of hybrids. METHODS: The inbred lines from an association mapping panel were cross...

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Autores principales: Flint-Garcia, Sherry A., Buckler, Edward S., Tiffin, Peter, Ersoz, Elhan, Springer, Nathan M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19823591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007433