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A doubled-haploid rice population of 123 lines from Azucena/IR64 was used for analyzing the developmental behavior of tiller number by conditional and unconditional QTL mapping methods. It was indicated that the number of QTLs significantly affecting tiller number was different at different measuring stages. Many QTLs controlling tiller growth identified at the early stages were undetectable at the final stage. Only one QTL could be detected across the whole growth period. By conditional QTL mapping, more QTLs for tiller number could be detected than that by unconditional mapping. The temporal patterns of gene expression for tiller number could be different at different stages. Even an individual gene or genes at the same genomic region might have opposite genetic effects at various growth stages.
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Received: 7 July 1997 / Accepted: 10 February 1998
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Yan, J., Zhu, J., He, C. et al. Quantitative trait loci analysis for the developmental behavior of tiller number in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theor Appl Genet 97, 267–274 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050895
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050895