title: An integrated view of quantitative trait variation using tomato interspecific introgression lines.
abstract: Resolving natural phenotypic variation into genetic and molecular components is a major objective in biology. Over the past decade, tomato interspecific introgression lines (ILs), each carrying a single 'exotic' chromosome segment from a wild species, have exposed thousands of quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting plant adaptation, morphology, yield, metabolism, and gene expression. QTL for fruit size and sugar composition were isolated by map-based cloning, while others were successfully implemented in marker-assisted breeding programs. More recently, integrating the multitude of IL-QTL into a single database has unraveled some unifying principles about the architecture of complex traits in plants.
authors.affiliation: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Sciences, Rehovot, Israel. lippman@agri.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Zachary B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Lippman
authors.forename: Yaniv
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Semel
authors.forename: Dani
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zamir
mesh_terms: D001947:Breeding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers; D023281:Genomics; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers