Patent ID: 6219964
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
A method for identifying a genetic marker locus that is genetically linked to a trait locus from a crop species and determining the phenotypic value of each allele at the identified genetic marker locus, the method comprising:a) providing a map of know genetic markers on a chromosome of a crop species;b) genotyping greater than forty entries of a crop species using germplasm of multiple ancestry wherein the entries are not members of a segregating population created solely for the purpose of genetic analysis;c) comparing the genotypic data obtained in step b) to phenotypic data collected on the same entries used to create the genotypic data or on progeny of the same entries us d to create the genotypic data;d) identifying a genetic marker locus that is linked to a trait locus; ande) calculating the mean phenotypic value for each allelic class at the genetic marker locus identified in step d).