声明
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of figures
Abstract
摘要
List of abbreviations
Chapter Ⅰ:Literature Review
1.1.The origin and History of Soybean
1.2.Association Mapping (AM)
1.2.1.Association Mapping studies in plants
1.2.2.Association mapping as an alternative approach
1.3.Quantitative trait loci (QTL)
1.4.Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
1.5.Linkage Disequilibrium (LD)
1.5.1.Visualization and statistical significance of LD
1.5.2.Factors that affect LD
1.6.Population Structure
1.7.Soybean biomass and its Genetic Research Progress
1.8.Soybean yield components and its Genetic Research Progress
1.9.Problem statement
1.10.Research justification
1.11.Objectives
1.11.1.General objective
1.11.2.Specific objectives
Chapter Ⅱ:Materials and Methods
2.1.Plant materials and phenotypic data collection
2.2.SNP genotyping
2.3.Phenotypie data analyses
2.4.Genome-wide association analysis
Chapter Ⅲ:Results
3.1.Effects of phenotypic variations,heritability and population structure on phenotype
3.2.Correlation analysis of soybean biomass and yield component traits
3.3.Association mapping
3.4.Mining elite alleles
Chapter Ⅳ:Discussion
4.1.Effects of phenotypic variations,heritability and population structure on phenotype
4.2.Correlation analysis of soybean biomass and yield components traits
4.3.Association mapping
4.4.Mining elite alleles
4.5.Limitations
Chapter Ⅴ:Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Publications