title: RFLP mapping in soybean: association between marker loci and variation in quantitative traits.
abstract: We have constructed a genetic map for soybean and identified associations between genetic markers and quantitative trait loci. One-hundred-fifty restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) were used to identify genetic linkages in an F2 segregating population from an interspecific cross (Glycine max x Glycine soja). Twenty-six genetic linkage groups containing ca. 1200 recombination units are reported. Progeny-testing of F2-derived families allowed quantitative traits to be evaluated in replicated field trials. Genomic regions, which accounted for a portion of the genetic variation (R2 = 16 to 24%) in several reproductive and morphological traits, were linked to RFLP markers. Significant associations between RFLP markers and quantitative trait loci were detected for eight of nine traits evaluated. The ability to identify genes within a continuously varying trait has important consequences for plant breeding and for understanding evolutionary processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keim
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Diers
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D010641:Phenotype; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers