Genetic Characterization and Linkage Disequilibrium Estimation of a Global Maize Collection Using SNP Markers

• Jianbing Yan,

  Affiliations Genetic Resources Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City, Mexico, Department of Bioinformatics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India

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• Trushar Shah,

  Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China

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• Marilyn L. Warburton ,

  * E-mail: marilyn.warburton@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliation Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Edward S. Buckler,

  Affiliations Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Michael D. McMullen,

  Affiliations Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Plant Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Jonathan Crouch

  Affiliation Genetic Resources Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City, Mexico

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