Future advances in plant genomics will make it possible to scan a genome for polymorphisms
associated with qualitative and quantitative traits. Before this potential can be realized, we …

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The goal of many plant scientists' research is to explain natural phenotypic variation in terms
of simple changes in DNA sequence. Traditionally, linkage mapping has been the most …

Flowering time is a complex trait that controls adaptation of plants to their local environment
in the outcrossing species Zea mays (maize). We dissected variation for flowering time with a …

Association analyses that exploit the natural diversity of a genome to map at very high
resolutions are becoming increasingly important. In most studies, however, researchers must …

Advances in next generation technologies have driven the costs of DNA sequencing down
to the point that genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is now feasible for high diversity, large …

… We thank past and present members of the Buckler lab for their assistance in phenotypic
data collection. We thank PJ Bradbury, Z. Zhang, RL Quass and EJ Pollak for their insights and …

Software programs that conduct genome-wide association studies and genomic prediction
and selection need to use methodologies that maximize statistical power, provide high …

… , respectively, and e is a vector of random residual effects that are normally distributed with
zero mean and covariance R = I σ 2 e , where I is the identity matrix and σ 2 e is the unknown …

The rhizosphere is a critical interface supporting the exchange of resources between plants
and their associated soil environment. Rhizosphere microbial diversity is influenced by the …