A first-generation haplotype map of maize

Gore, M. A., Chia, J. M., Elshire, R. J., Sun, Q., Ersoz, E. S., Hurwitz, B. L., Peiffer, J. A., McMullen, M. D., Grills, G. S., Ross-Ibarra, J., Ware, D. H., Buckler, E. S. (November 2009) A first-generation haplotype map of maize. Science, 326 (5956). pp. 1115-1117. ISSN 0036-8075

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965431
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177837

Abstract

Maize is an important crop species of high genetic diversity. We identified and genotyped several million sequence polymorphisms among 27 diverse maize inbred lines and discovered that the genome was characterized by highly divergent haplotypes and showed 10- to 30-fold variation in recombination rates. Most chromosomes have pericentromeric regions with highly suppressed recombination that appear to have influenced the effectiveness of selection during maize inbred development and may be a major component of heterosis. We found hundreds of selective sweeps and highly differentiated regions that probably contain loci that are key to geographic adaptation. This survey of genetic diversity provides a foundation for uniting breeding efforts across the world and for dissecting complex traits through genome-wide association studies.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: maize polymorphism inbreeding recombination, genetic geography
Subjects: bioinformatics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
organism description > plant > maize
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > single nucleotide polymorphism > haplotype
organism description > plant
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Communities: CSHL labs > Ware lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 20 November 2009
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2013 16:52
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2013 16:52
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/27378

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