Strategies for Marker-Assisted Selection in Cattle

Selection theory for marker-assisted backcrossing.

Marker-assisted backcrossing is routinely applied in breeding programs for gene introgression. While selection theory is the most important tool for the design of breeding programs for improvement of quantitative characters, no general selection theory is available for marker-assisted backcrossing. In this treatise, we develop a theory for marker-assisted selection for the proportion of the gen...

Marker Assisted Selection for Beef Palatability Characteristics

Marker-assisted selection for commercial crossbred performance.

Several studies have shown that selection of purebreds for increased performance of their crossbred descendants under field conditions is hampered by low genetic correlations between purebred and commercial crossbred (CC) performance. Although this can be addressed by including phenotypic data from CC relatives for selection of purebreds through combined crossbred and purebred selection (CCPS),...

SNP Marker Assisted Selection for Identification of Fusarium Resistant Melon Plants

Melon is an important crop cultivated in moderate climate regions of the world. One of the most important diseases of this plant is vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (Fom). Infection of farm by this pathogen can result in huge damage around the world. Development of resistant varieties is the most effective method for disease control. Four races of 0, 1, 2 and 1,2 have be...

Selective Genotyping for Marker Assisted Selection Strategies for Soybean Yield Improvement

1 Clemson University, Advanced Plant Technology Center, Clemson Pee Dee REC, 2200 Pocket Rd., Florence, SC 29506, USA; 2 University of Tennessee, Department of Plant Sciences, 2431 Joe Johnson Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; 3 Ohio State University, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210, USA; 4 University of Missouri, Division of Plant Sciences, Delta C...