Theory into practice: opportunities & applications of quantitative genetics in plants.
Theory into practice: opportunities & applications of quantitative genetics in plants.
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理论付诸实践：机会
DOI：
10.1038/s41437-020-00374-w
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发表时间：
2020
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3.8
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Bentley AR
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Bentley AR
定量遗传学试图了解复杂的基因网络以及它们之间以及与环境因素相互作用的方式，以确定复杂的有机体表型。定量遗传学基本原理的开发和应用有多种途径，并且资源库从种质收集到基因组序列不断增长。近年来，人们越来越认识到这种部署是提高作物生产力和支持未来粮食、营养和能源安全的迫切需要。在本期特刊中，我们重点关注植物数量遗传学：从理论到实践，这一主题成为遗传学会在伯明翰大学主办的 2019 年英国植物定量会议的焦点（由 KWS UK Ltd、Elsoms Ackermann Barley、LGC Biosearch Technologies、Limagrain、RAGT Seeds、Syngenta、Branston、Tozer Seeds 和牛津大学出版社共同支持）。我们提供了一系列评论和原创文章，展示了植物数量遗传学的多方面和潜在的下游用途，这应该会激发广大读者的兴趣，从植物（和动物）遗传学家、进化和发育生物学家到育种家。Bernardo（2020）带领读者踏上150年连续性状变异研究的发人深省的旅程，激发对自己理解的深入反思 该领域及其当前需求。这篇评论文章探讨了“保持定量遗传学最新”的挑战，提出了令人信服的论据
Quantitative genetics seeks to understand the complex network of genes and the ways they interact, both with each other and with environmental factors, to determine complex organismal phenotypes. There are multiple routes for exploitation and application of the fundamental principles of quantitative genetics, along with a growing resource base spanning germplasm collections to genome sequences. Over recent years, this deployment has become increasingly recognised as an urgent need in order to increase crop productivity and support future food, nutrition, and energy security. In this special issue, we focus on plant quantitative genetics: from theory into practice, a theme that formed the focus of the Genetics Society sponsored 2019 UK Plant Quant conference at the University of Birmingham (cosupported by KWS UK Ltd, Elsoms Ackermann Barley, LGC Biosearch Technologies, Limagrain, RAGT Seeds, Syngenta, Branston, Tozer Seeds and Oxford University Press). We present a collection of reviews and original articles that demonstrate the multi-faceted and potential downstream uses of plant quantitative genetics, which should ignite interest within a broad readership, from plant (and animal) geneticists, evolutionary and developmental biologists to breeders.Bernardo (2020) leads the reader on a thought-provoking journey through 150 years of the study of continuous trait variation, inspiring deep reconsideration of one’s own understanding of the field and its current needs. Exploring the challenge of “keeping quantitative genetics current”, this Opinion article presents a compelling argument for the