Genome-wide association studies in plants: the missing heritability is in the field.
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been even more successful in plants than in humans. Mapping approaches can be extended to dissect adaptive genetic variation from structured background variation in an ecological context.
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Benjamin
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Brachi
Geoffrey P
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Morris
Justin O
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Borevitz
D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000483:Alleles; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D017343:Genes, Plant; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D005838:Genotype; D040582:Inheritance Patterns; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010641:Phenotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology