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Understanding the genetic architecture of a quantitative trait in gymnosperms by genoty** haploid megagametophytes
The gymnosperms are a group of plants characterized by a haploid female gametophyte (megagametophyte). With the function of bearing the female gametes and nourishing the develo** embryo, the megagametophyte ...
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Genetic dissection of vegetative propagation traits in Eucalyptus tereticornis and E. globulus
We have detected quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting vegetative propagation traits in Eucalyptus tereticornis and Eucalyptus globulus. Using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) genetic linkage maps...
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Average effect of a mutation in lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine
Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD, E.C. 1.1.1.195) is a monolignol biosynthetic enzyme that catalyzes the final step of lignin subunit biosynthesis in higher plants. Recently, a mutant allele of the cad gene, c...
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Construction of an AFLP genetic map with nearly complete genome coverage in Pinus taeda
De novo construction of complete genetic linkage maps requires large map** populations, large numbers of genetic markers, and efficient algorithms for ordering markers and evaluating o...
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AFLP genetic maps of Eucalyptus globulus and E. tereticornis
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis is a rapid and efficient technique for detecting large numbers of DNA markers in eucalypts. We have used AFLP markers in a two-way pseudo-testcross strat...
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Nonlinear genotypic response to macro- and microenvironments
Environmental variation can be due to macro- and microenvironments. Whereas macroenvironments, such as climate, density, and nutritional levels, are distinguishable, microenvironments including external rando...
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Genetic analysis using trans-dominant linked markers in an F2 family
Trans-dominant linked markers pairs (trans referring to the repulsion linkage phase) provide a model for inferring the F2 progeny genotype based upon both the conditional probabilities of F2 genotypes, given the ...
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Recombination rate differences for pollen parents and seed parents in Pinus pinaster
Significantly less recombination was observed for the female gametes than for the male gametes in one individual of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). Two segregating map** samples of the same hybrid tree wer...
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Genetic dissection of height in maritime pine seedlings raised under accelerated growth conditions
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) were used to investigate quantitative trait loci (QTL) for traits related to height growth on 126 F2 seedlings of maritime pine (Pinuspinaster Ait). The haploid megagamet...
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Genetic Dissection of Phenotypic Traits in Maritime Pine Using Rapd and Protein Markers
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPDs) were used for genetic map** and QTL detection in an F2 selfed progeny of maritime pine. The seedlings were raised for two years in a greenhouse under accelerated grow...
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Molecular Markers, Forest Genetics, and Tree Breeding
Several years ago, Strauss et al. (1992) thoughtfully evaluated the application of molecular markers in forest tree breeding for marker aided selection. The purpose of their paper was to emphasize the limitati...
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Genomic map** in Pinus pinaster (maritime pine) using RAPD and protein markers
A detailed genomic map was constructed for one F1 individual of maritime pine, using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and protein markers scored on megagametophytes of germinated seeds. Proteins allowed ...
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Genomic analysis in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster). Comparison of two RAPD maps using selfed and open-pollinated seeds of the same individual
Two genomic maps were constructed for one individual tree of maritime pine, Pinus pinaster Ait., using a common set of 263 RAPD markers (random amplified polymorphic DNA). The RAPD markers were chosen from a larg...
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Genetics of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.: Lecythidaceae)
Here we report the results of a mating system analysis of an Amazonian population of Bertholletia excelsa, a tropical rain forest canopy tree species. Using progeny data from 29 seed parents, two highly polymorph...
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Genetics of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.: Lecythidaceae)
We provide an estimate of genetic variation within and between two populations of Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut), a large canopy tree found in the rain forests of South America. Average heterozygosity is 0.190...
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Linkage analysis for 18 enzyme loci in Pinus rigida Mill.
Estimates of recombination frequency among enzyme loci of pitch pine revealed two new linkages, Mdh3:Pgm2 (θ=0.01) and Pep1:Mdh4 (θ=0.38), and confirmed two previously established linkages. Tighter linkage (θ=0.3...
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Estimation of recombination frequency in genetic linkage studies
A binomial-like model is developed that may be used in genetic linkage studies when data are generated by a testcross with parental phase unknown. Four methods of estimation for the recombination frequency are...
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Inheritance of isozyme variation and heterozygosity in Pinus ponderosa
Techniques are presented to detect 23 isozyme loci in the long-lived perennial plant, ponderosa pine. Meiotically derived megagametophyte from seeds is used to examine directly the segregation of allelic varia...