Usefulness Criterion and Post-selection Parental Contributions in Multi-parental Crosses: Application to Polygenic Trait Introgression

Predicting the usefulness of crosses in terms of expected genetic gain and genetic diversity is of interest to secure performance in the progeny and to maintain long-term genetic gain in plant breeding. A wide range of crossing schemes are possible including large biparental crosses, backcrosses, fo...

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Main Authors: Antoine Allier, Laurence Moreau, Alain Charcosset, Simon Teyssèdre, Christina Lehermeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019-05-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
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Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.119.400129