The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Kernel Size and Related Traits Using a Four-Way Cross Population in Maize

• Jiafa Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jiafa Chen, Luyan Zhang

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Luyan Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jiafa Chen, Luyan Zhang

  Affiliation The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science and CIMMYT China Office, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

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• Songtao Liu,

  Affiliation Henan Vocational College of Agriculture, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Zhimin Li,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Rongrong Huang,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Yongming Li,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Hongliang Cheng,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Xiantang Li,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Bo Zhou,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Suowei Wu,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Wei Chen,

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Jianyu Wu ,

  * E-mail: henau1302@126.com (JW); dingjunqiang1203@163.com (JD)

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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• Junqiang Ding

  * E-mail: henau1302@126.com (JW); dingjunqiang1203@163.com (JD)

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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