Genomic Prediction of Biological Shape: Elliptic Fourier Analysis and Kernel Partial Least Squares (PLS) Regression Applied to Grain Shape Prediction in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

• Hiroyoshi Iwata ,

  * E-mail: aiwata@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kaworu Ebana,

  Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Yusaku Uga,

  Affiliation Agronomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Takeshi Hayashi

  Affiliation Agroinformatics Division, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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