Simulation of marker assisted selection for non-additive traits

SNP Marker Assisted Selection for Identification of Fusarium Resistant Melon Plants

Melon is an important crop cultivated in moderate climate regions of the world. One of the most important diseases of this plant is vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (Fom). Infection of farm by this pathogen can result in huge damage around the world. Development of resistant varieties is the most effective method for disease control. Four races of 0, 1, 2 and 1,2 have be...

The accuracy of marker-assisted selection for quantitative traits within populations in linkage equilibrium.

Using the concept of conditional coancestry, given observed markers, an explicit expression of the accuracy of marker-based selection is derived in situations of linkage equilibrium between markers and quantitative trait loci (QTL), for the general case of full-sib families nested within half-sib families. Such a selection scheme is rather inaccurate for moderate values of family sizes and QTL ...

Mapping As You Go: An Effective Approach for Marker-Assisted Selection of Complex Traits

Many factors have contributed to the inability to successfully employ a marker-based selection scheme for The advent of high throughput molecular technologies has led to complex traits. One major difficulty has been the effecan expectation that breeding programs will use marker–trait associations to conduct marker-assisted selection (MAS) for traits. Many tive detection, estimation, and utility...

Selection theory for marker-assisted backcrossing.

Marker-assisted backcrossing is routinely applied in breeding programs for gene introgression. While selection theory is the most important tool for the design of breeding programs for improvement of quantitative characters, no general selection theory is available for marker-assisted backcrossing. In this treatise, we develop a theory for marker-assisted selection for the proportion of the gen...

Marker Assisted Selection for Beef Palatability Characteristics