Patent Document ID: 20100204921
Application ID: 12367045
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of selecting one or more markers associated with a trait of interest in a species of interest comprising: a) identifying one or more markers associated with said trait of interest in a population of said species using genome wide association mapping (GWA); b) identifying one or more markers associated with said trait of interest using one of: i) nested association mapping (NAM); and ii) Expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL) analysis; c) aligning each marker identified in step (a) on a physical genetic map of said species; d) aligning each marker identified in step (b) on the physical genetic map recited in step (c); and e) selecting any overlapping markers resulting from either alignment of the markers in step (c) with the markers mapped in step (d) at the same genetic locus in said species or alignment of the markers in step (c) with the markers mapped in step (d) at the same genetic locus in syntenic regions of other plant species.