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Entering the second century of maize quantitative genetics.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Integrative QTL mapping and RNA-seq unravel the genetic architecture and candidate genes for ear shank length in a large maize-teosinte population.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025Article
- Wheat yellow rust in Uruguay: understanding the genetic resistance in a panel of breeding and commercial germplasm.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025Article
- A major QTL region associated with powdery mildew resistance in leaves and fruits of the reconstructed garden strawberry.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025Article
- QTL mapping and genome-wide association analysis reveal genetic loci and candidate gene for resistance to gray leaf spot in tropical and subtropical maize germplasm.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2024Article
- Special issue: Genetics of maize-microbe interactions.Molecular plant pathology · 2023Article
- Elucidating the patterns of pleiotropy and its biological relevance in maize.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- Genetic analyses of tropical maize lines under artificial infestation of fall armyworm and foliar diseases under optimum conditions.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Mapping of QTLs for morphophysiological and yield traits under water-deficit stress and well-watered conditions in maize.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Time-series transcriptome provides insights into the gene regulation network involved in the icariin-flavonoid metabolism during the leaf development ofFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Co-expression pan-network reveals genes involved in complex traits within maize pan-genome.BMC plant biology · 2022Article
- A pan-Zea genome map for enhancing maize improvement.Genome biology · 2022Article
- Integrating genome-wide association mapping of additive and dominance genetic effects to improve genomic prediction accuracy in Eucalyptus.The plant genome · 2022Article
- Back to the wild: mining maize (Zea mays L.) disease resistance using advanced breeding tools.Molecular biology reports · 2022Article
- Integrating Phenotypic and Gene Expression Linkage Mapping to Dissect Rust Resistance in Chickling Pea.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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- The genetic architecture of leaf stable carbon isotope composition in Zea mays and the effect of transpiration efficiency on leaf elemental accumulation.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Article
- A forward genetics approach integrating genome-wide association study and expression quantitative trait locus mapping to dissect leaf development in maize (Zea mays).The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Maize is the most widely grown cereal in the world. In addition to its role in global agriculture, it has also long served as a model organism for genetic research. Maize stands at a genetic crossroads, as it has access to all the tools available for plant genetics but exhibits a genetic architecture more similar to other outcrossing organisms than to self-pollinating crops and model plants. In this review, we summarize recent advances in maize genetics, including the development of powerful populations for genetic mapping and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and the insights these studies yield on the mechanisms underlying complex maize traits. Most maize traits are controlled by a large number of genes, and linkage analysis of several traits implicates a 'common gene, rare allele' model of genetic variation where some genes have many individually rare alleles contributing. Most natural alleles exhibit small effect sizes with little-to-no detectable pleiotropy or epistasis. Additionally, many of these genes are locked away in low-recombination regions that encourage the formation of multi-gene blocks that may underlie maize's strong heterotic effect. Domestication left strong marks on the maize genome, and some of the differences in trait architectures may be due to different selective pressures over time. Overall, maize's advantages as a model system make it highly desirable for studying the genetics of outcrossing species, and results from it can provide insight into other such species, including humans.
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