Epistasis and Plant Breeding

Holland, J.B. (2010) Epistasis and Plant Breeding. In: Plant Breeding Reviews. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Oxford, UK. , pp. 27-92. ISBN 9780471418474

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Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: • Introduction • Gene Action and Statistical Effects • Epistasis and Molecular Interactions • Complex Molecular Interactions Underlie Quantitative Phenotypes (Sometimes) • Biometrical Evidence for Epistasis • Evidence for Epistasis from Plant Evolution Studies • Molecular Marker Investigations of Epistasis • Why Is There More Evidence for Epistasis from QTL Experiments than from Biometrical Studies? • Implications of Epistasis for Plant Breeding • Literature Cited

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: istasis and plant breeding; gene action and statistical effects; epistasis and molecular interactions; epistasis, interaction of alleles at different loci; genotypic values and unweighted marginal - two-locus, two-allele model of gene action; multiplicative gene interaction - special case of epistasis, net genotypic value; statistical genetic parameters - as genetic components of variance; synergistic and antagonistic gene interactions; molecular marker investigations of epistasis; concept of adaptive landscapes - between allele frequencies and mean fitness of random-mating population
Author Affiliation: US Dept. Agriculture-ARS, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Groundnut
Depositing User: Mr. SanatKumar Behera
Date Deposited: 10 Aug 2012 11:12
Last Modified: 10 Aug 2012 11:57
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470650196.ch2
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7293

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