Title |
Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize: Seed to Seed in 60 Days
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Published in |
Genetics, September 2016
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DOI | 10.1534/genetics.116.191726 |
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Authors |
Morgan E McCaw, Jason G Wallace, Patrice S Albert, Edward S Buckler, James A Birchler |
Abstract |
Two lines of Zea mays were developed as a short-generation model for maize. The Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize lines A and B are robust inbred lines with a significantly shorter generation time, much smaller stature, and better greenhouse adaptation than traditional maize varieties. Five generations a year are typical. Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize is the result of a modified double-cross hybrid between four fast flowering lines: Neuffer's Early ACR, Alexander's Early Early Synthetic, Tom Thumb Popcorn, and Gaspe Flint, followed by selection for early flowering and desirable morphology throughout an 11 generation selfing regime. Lines A and B were derived from different progeny of the initial hybrid, and crosses between Mini-Maize A and B exhibit heterosis. The ancestry of each genomic region of Mini-Maize A and B was inferred from the four founder populations using genotyping-by-sequencing. Other genetic and genomic tools for these lines include karyotypes for both lines A and B, kernel genetic markers y1 (white endosperm) and R1-scm2 (purple endosperm and embryo) introgressed into Mini-Maize A, and ~24x whole-genome resequencing data for Mini-Maize A. |
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