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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of pericarp thickness for the parental lines and BC4F3 populations

From: QTL mapping and transcriptome analysis identify candidate genes regulating pericarp thickness in sweet corn

Trait

Parents (Mean ± SD)

BC4F3 Population

Skewness

Kurtosis

h2

M03a

M08a

Minimuma

Maximuma

Mean ± SDa

 

2014 FS

57.86 ± 7.28

95.07 ± 6.36

46.17

104.21

70.80 ± 10.17

0.78

1.17

0.68

2015 FS

52.48 ± 10.22

97.81 ± 13.36

45.28

104.20

66.68 ± 10.57

0.91

2.29

0.66

2016 FS

47.29 ± 11.23

80.55 ± 13.28

30.63

94.66

50.04 ± 12.31

1.23

2.09

0.73

Average years

52.54 ± 9.58

91.14 ± 11.01

44.19

99.26

67.41 ± 10.81

1.09

1.47

0.67

  1. a μm
  2. h2 refer to broad sense heritability
  3. A linear mixed model with random genotype three year interaction was used for analysis across three years