ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA · 2007 · 20 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesGeneticsPlant SciencesMolecular BreedingPlant GeneticsQuantitative GeneticsGenotype-phenotype Association AnalysisLinkage DisequilibriumMarker-trait AssociationQuantitative Trait AnalysisQuantitative Trait LociQuantitative Trait Locus MappingAssociation Between Linked Markers And TraitsGenetic Drift EffectsGenetic Linkage DisequilibriumLinkage Disequilibrium AnalysisLinkage Disequilibrium EstimationLinkage Disequilibrium MappingLinkage Disequilibrium PatternsMarker-trait Association Analysis
Recently,association analysis has been widely employed to investigate quantitative traits in plant genetics and breeding.Association analysis is an approach to identify the relationship of molecular markers or candidate genes with traits in a given population based on linkage disequilibrium(LD).Here,we introduced the definition and measurements of LD and reviewed the advances of association analysis for the investigation of quantitative traits in plants.The effects of mating systems,such as recombination,genetic drift,and population structure to the patterns of LD were discussed.Finally,we also discussed the potential application of association analysis for dissecting quantitative traits and plant molecular breeding.