@article{ThiemannFuSeifertetal.2014, author = {Thiemann, Alexander and Fu, Junjie and Seifert, Felix and Grant-Downton, Robert T and Schrag, Tobias A and Pospisil, Heike and Frisch, Matthias and Melchinger, Albrecht E and Scholten, Stefan}, title = {Genome-wide meta-analysis of maize heterosis reveals the potential role of additive gene expression at pericentromeric loci}, series = {BMC Plant Biology}, volume = {14}, journal = {BMC Plant Biology}, number = {88}, issn = {1471-2229}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2229-14-88}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-5999}, pages = {14}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The identification of QTL involved in heterosis formation is one approach to unravel the not yet fully understood genetic basis of heterosis - the improved agronomic performance of hybrid F1 plants compared to their inbred parents. The identification of candidate genes underlying a QTL is important both for developing markers and determining the molecular genetic basis of a trait, but remains difficult owing to the large number of genes often contained within individual QTL. To address this problem in heterosis analysis, we applied a meta-analysis strategy for grain yield (GY) of Zea mays L. as example, incorporating QTL-, hybrid field-, and parental gene expression data.}, language = {en} }