title: Selection in backcross programmes.
abstract: Backcrossing is a well-known and long established breeding scheme where a characteristic is introgressed from a donor parent into the genomic background of a recurrent parent. The various uses of backcrossing in modern genetics, particularly with the help of molecular markers, are reviewed here. Selection in backcross programmes is used to either improve the genetic value of plant and animal populations or fine map quantitative trait loci. Both cases are helpful in our understanding of the genetic bases of quantitative traits variation.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR de Génétique Végétale, Ferme du Moulon, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. fred@moulon.inra.fr
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hospital
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding / Q000379:methods*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers