Handbook of Formulas and Software for Plant Geneticists and Breeders

About this book

Shows practicing geneticists, breeders, and students how to use specialized software through practical examples, providing definitions of key terms and information on how to obtain desired software and key references. It also includes an extensive listing of programs available for linkage and mapping software that can be accessed through the Internet.

Contents

About the Editor Contributors Preface Chapter 1. DIALLEL-SAS: A Program for Griffing's Diallel Methods Chapter 2. Diallel Analysis for a Seed and Endosperm Model with Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Effects Chapter 3. Diallel Analysis for Additive-Dominance Model with Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Effects Chapter 4. Diallel Analysis for an Additive-Dominance-Epistasis Model with Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Effects Chapter 5. Diallel Analysis for an Animal Model with Sex-Linked and Maternal Effects Along with Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Effects Chapter 6. Generation Means Analysis Chapter 7. PATHSAS: Path Coefficient Analysis of Quantitative Traits Chapter 8. Restricted Maximum Likelihood Procedure to Estimate Additive and Dominance Genetic Variance Components Chapter 9. Calculating Additive Genetic Correlation Using ANOVA and the Sum Method of Estimating Covariance Chapter 10. Developmental Analysis for Quantitative Traits Chapter 11. Ecovalence and Stability Variance Chapter 12. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Variance Chapter 13. Code for Simulating Degrees of Freedom for the Items in a Principal Components Analysis of Variance Chapter 14. Principal Components (PC) and Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction (AMMI) Trend Analyses for Incomplete Block and Lattice Rectangle-Designed Experiments Chapter 15. A Method for Classifying Observations Using Categorical and Continuous Variables Chapter 16. Mixed Linear Model Approaches for Quantitative Genetic Models Chapter 17. Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) for Genotype Performance Chapter 18. Graphing GE and GGE Biplots Chapter 19. Analysis for Regional Trials with Unbalanced Data Chapter 20. Conditional Mapping of QTL with Epistatic Effects and QTL-by-Environment Interaction Effects for Developmental Traits Chapter 21. Mapping QTL with Epistatic Effects and QTL-by-Environment Interaction Effects Chapter 22. Gene Segregation and Linkage Analysis Chapter 23. Mapping Functions Chapter 24. Bootstrap and Jackknife for Genetic Diversity Parameter Estimates Chapter 25. Software on Genetic Linkage and Mapping Available Through the Internet Chapter 26. Gregor Chapter 27. Analysis for an Experiment Designed As Augmented Lattice Square Design Chapter 28. Augmented Row-Column Design and Trend Analyses Chapter 29. PROC GLM and PROC MIXED Codes for Trend Analyses for Row-Column-Designed Experiments Chapter 30. SAS/GLM and SAS/MIXED for Trend Analyses Using Fourier and Polynomial Regression for Centered and Noncentered Variates Chapter 31. PROC GLM and PROC MIXED for Trend Analysis of Incomplete Block- and Lattice Rectangle-Designed Experiments Chapter 32. Partitioning Crop Yield into Genetic Components Short Note 1. Inbreeding Coefficient in Mass Selection Maize Short Note 2. Regression of Forage Yield Against a Growth Index As a Tool for Interpretation of Multiple Harvest Data Short Note 3. Tolerance Index Short Note 4. Computer Program to Calculate Population Size Index Reference Notes Included

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