A composite model of maize heterosis based on structural complementation and functional variants
Tingting Guan, Yaqi Bi, Fuyan Jiang, Ranjan K. Shaw, Xingming Fan · 2026
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Tingting Guan and co-authors build a joint model of hybrid vigor in maize from two kinds of gene marks, in a study from 2026. Vigor in crosses drives high grain yield, but each mark type sees a distinct slice of the cause. The team crossed lines in a set design to make eighty seven hybrids and weighed grain per plant in two field sites.
Group match and cross skill tracked vigor most tightly of all marks. Marks at working sites, in gene heads, bodies, and splice points, tracked vigor more closely than spread wide distance scores. Two mark types at those sites told near the same tale and could not be split as free causes. The authors fold all marks into one weighted forecast frame for cross picks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tingting Guan, Yaqi Bi, Fuyan Jiang, Ranjan K. Shaw, Xingming Fan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |