Communications Biology (Nov 2020)

A haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding

  • Jemima Brinton,
  • Ricardo H. Ramirez-Gonzalez,
  • James Simmonds,
  • Luzie Wingen,
  • Simon Orford,
  • Simon Griffiths,
  • 10 Wheat Genome Project,
  • Georg Haberer,
  • Manuel Spannagl,
  • Sean Walkowiak,
  • Curtis Pozniak,
  • Cristobal Uauy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01413-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Brinton, Uauy and colleagues utilize genomic data from the 10+ Wheat Genome Project to develop a useful tool for studying and generating new wheat cultivars. This framework uses advanced exploitation of wheat haplotypes to bring newfound precision and efficiency to wheat breeding.