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Table 9 Associations between individual polymorphisms (denoted by position in the alignment) and forage quality traits. The analyses were performed including overall population structure (GLM) and both overall population structure and relative kinship (MLM).

From: Characterization of phenylpropanoid pathway genes within European maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds

Gene

Position

Polymorphism

Assoc. trait

Identified by

4CL1

810

Frameshift indel1

NDF

GLM*

   

IVDOM

GLM**, MLM*

C3H

294

Gly to Arg SNP

IVDOM

GLM*, MLM*

   

DNDF

GLM*

F5H

5–6

Pro to Arg SNPs2

NDF

GLM*

 

610

Intron SNP3

DNDF

GLM*

 

817

Intron SNP

NDF

GLM*, MLM*

  1. 4CL: 4-coumarate:CoA ligase; C3H: p-coumarate 3-hydroxylase; F5H: ferulate 5-hydroxylase; NDF: neutral detergent fiber; IVDOM: in vitro digestibility of organic matter; DNDF: digestibility of neutral detergent fiber
  2. *P < 0.05
  3. ** P < 0.01
  4. 1Singleton indel, a one-bp deletion identified in only one line (AS18)
  5. 2SNPs at position 5 and 6 are in complete LD
  6. 3Singleton SNP, one allele present in only one line (AS24)
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BMC Plant Biology

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