Mate selection: A useful approach to maximize genetic gain and control inbreeding in genomic and conventional oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) hybrid breeding

• Billy Tchounke,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Leopoldo Sanchez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BioForA, INRAE, ONF, Orleans, France

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• Joseph Martin Bell,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• David Cros

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david.cros@cirad.fr

  Affiliations CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France, UMR AGAP Institut, Univ. Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8601-7991

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