(1) Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, U.K;(2) Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, U.K
Abstract:
The theory of linkage and QTL analysis in autotetraploids is summarised. Applications are presented to the analysis of quantitative
disease resistance in the European cultivated potato, Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum. The implications are discussed for practical potato breeding, practical QTL analysis and theory.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.