An Overview of Association Mapping; Linkage Disequilibrium; What Are SNPs?; Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Discovery; Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping in Plants; SNP Applications in Plants; Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping Concepts; Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design; Linkage Disequilibrium-Based Association Mapping in Forage Species; Gene-Assisted Selection Applications of Association Genetics for Forest Tree Breeding; Prospects of Association Mapping in Perennial Horticultural Crops
Summary
Provides an understanding of association mapping and an awareness of population genomics tools to facilitate mapping and identification of the underlying causes of quantitative trait variation in plants. This book acts as a review of the marker technology and the statistical methodology
