General Combining Ability Model for Genomewide Selection in a Biparental Cross
General Combining Ability Model for Genomewide Selection in a Biparental Cross
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DOI:
10.2135/cropsci2013.11.0774
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发表时间:
2014-05-01
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2.3
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Bernardo, Rex
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作者:
Jacobson, Amy;Lian, Lian;Bernardo, Rex
Genomewide selection within an A/B biparental cross is most advantageous if it could be effectively done before the cross is phenotyped. Our objectives were to determine if a general combining ability (GCA) model is useful for genomewide selection in an A/B cross, and to assess the influence of training population size (N-GCA), number of crosses pooled into the training population (N-x), linkage disequilibrium (r(2)), and heritability (h(2)) on the prediction accuracy with the GCA model. The GCA model involved pooling 4 to 38 maize crosses with A and B as one of the parents into the training population for an A/B cross, whereas the same background (SB) model involved pooling crosses between random inbreds. Across 30 A/B test populations, the mean response to selection (R) with the GCA model was 0.19 Mg ha(-1) for testcross grain yield, -6 g kg(-1) for moisture, and 0.38 kg hL(-1) for test weight. These R values with the GCA model were 68 to 76% of the corresponding R values with phenotypic selection (PS). The R values with the SB model were only 15 to 28% of the R values with PS. Increasing the size of the training population with random crosses from the same heterotic group was less important than including crosses with A and B as one of the parents. Prediction accuracy was most highly correlated with h(2)r(2) root N-GCA and h(2)r(2) root N-x. Our results indicated that the GCA model is routinely effective for genomewide selection within A/B crosses, before phenotyping the progeny in the cross.