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ArticleGenetics2016

Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize: Seed to Seed in 60 Days.

Morgan E McCaw, Jason G Wallace, Patrice S Albert, Edward S Buckler, James A Birchler

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Article in Genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Strategies for accelerating genetic gains in crop plants: special focus on speed breeding.Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2022
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  15. Breeding Maize Maternal Haploid Inducers.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  17. James A. Birchler.The Plant cell · 2019
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  18. Rapid genotype "independent"In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant : journal of the Tissue Culture Association · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Morgan E McCawDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-8712
Jason G WallaceInstitute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-6543
Patrice S AlbertDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211.
Edward S BucklerInstitute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3100-371X
James A BirchlerDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 birchlerj@missouri.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3643-2756

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two lines of Zea mays were developed as a short-generation model for maize. The Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize (FFMM) lines A and B are robust inbred lines with a significantly shorter generation time, much smaller stature, and better greenhouse adaptation than traditional maize varieties. Five generations a year are typical. FFMM is the result of a modified double-cross hybrid between four fast-flowering lines: Neuffer's Early ACR (full color), Alexander's Early Early Synthetic, Tom Thumb Popcorn, and Gaspe Flint, followed by selection for early flowering and desirable morphology throughout an 11-generation selfing regime. Lines A and B were derived from different progeny of the initial hybrid, and crosses between Mini-Maize A and B exhibit heterosis. The ancestry of each genomic region of Mini-Maize A and B was inferred from the four founder populations using genotyping by sequencing. Other genetic and genomic tools for these lines include karyotypes for both lines A and B, kernel genetic markers y1 (white endosperm) and R1-scm2 (purple endosperm and embryo) introgressed into Mini-Maize A, and ∼24× whole-genome resequencing data for Mini-Maize A.

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Models, GeneticCrosses, GeneticFlowersGenetic MarkersGenotypeGenotyping TechniquesHybrid VigorKaryotypeSeedsZea maysGenetic Markersflowering timeheterosismaizemodel systemZea mays

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PMID27440866
PMCPMC5012399

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