Publications by authors named "Kelci J Miclaus"
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- Genetic studies in natural populations often face unbalanced datasets due to differing measurement times and environments, which also affects crop and animal breeding evaluations over multiple years.*
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- Wheat breeding programs are primarily focused on improving yield, but processing and end-use quality are crucial for food supply challenges posed by the growing global population.*
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- A new method called meta-GWAS was developed to analyze unbalanced data from breeding programs, identifying key genetic traits and potential improvements that can be applied to various crops, enhancing our understanding of plant genomes.*
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- - Tocochromanols are important for nutrition, plant stress response, and seed longevity, and this study focuses on their genetic variations in barley using a systems biological approach.
- - Major quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting different forms of tocochromanols were identified across three regions in a SNP linkage map, with candidate genes characterized through comparisons with rice and sequencing in various barley genotypes.
- - The study developed gene-specific markers linked to QTL and showed that certain polymorphisms in gene promoter regions relate to gene expression levels, with increased expression observed in colder conditions, supporting methods for improving barley’s nutritional profiles.
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- The study addresses the challenges of creating a consensus map for the complex hexaploid oat genome (Avena sativa), including the size of the genome and scarcity of molecular markers.
- It introduces new methodologies for discovering SNPs and a novel anchoring strategy, successfully resulting in the first complete physically-anchored consensus map that includes 985 SNPs.
- The findings also highlight genetic similarities with other plants, providing tools for detailed genetic analysis and a useful framework for similar research in other complex genomes.
