genetic architecture of leaf number and its genetic relationship to flowering time in maize

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 210; no. 1; pp. 256 - 268
• Main Authors: Li, Dan, Wang, Xufeng, Zhang, Xiangbo, Chen, Qiuyue, Xu, Guanghui, Xu, Dingyi, Wang, Chenglong, Liang, Yameng, Wu, Lishuan, Huang, Cheng, Tian, Jinge, Wu, Yaoyao, Tian, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Academic Press 01.04.2016; New Phytologist Trust; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Corn; Crosses, Genetic; Domestication; flowering; flowering time; Flowers - genetics; Flowers - physiology; genes; Genetic Association Studies; genetic markers; genetic overlap; genetic relationships; inbred lines; Inbreeding; leaf number; Leaves; loci; maize (Zea mays); phenology; Phenotype; Physical Chromosome Mapping; plant architecture; Plant Leaves - anatomy & histology; Plant Leaves - genetics; Plants; pleiotropy; Quantitative Trait Loci - genetics; quantitative trait locus (QTL); Reproducibility of Results; single nucleotide polymorphism; Time Factors; Zea mays; Zea mays - genetics; Zea mays - physiology; leaf number; maize (Zea mays); quantitative trait locus (QTL); genetic overlap; flowering time

The number of leaves and their distributions on plants are critical factors determining plant architecture in maize (Zea mays), and leaf number is frequently used as a measure of flowering time, a trait that is key to local environmental adaptation. Here, using a large set of 866 maize‐teosinte BC₂S...