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Published online 16 January 2008
Published in Crop Sci 48:59-68 (2008)
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Epistatic Interactions in Crosses of Illinois High Oil x Illinois Low Oil and of Illinois High Protein x Illinois Low Protein Corn Strains

John W. Dudley*

Dep. of Crop Sci. Univ. of Illinois, S112 Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801. This research was supported by the Illinois AES and a grant from Renessen, LLC

* Corresponding author (jdudley{at}uiuc.edu).

Epistasis has been proposed as a possible explanation for the long continued progress from selection in the Illinois long-term corn (Zea mays L.) selection strains. From the crosses of Illinois High Oil (IHO) x Illinois Low Oil (ILO) and of Illinois High Protein (IHP) x Illinois Low Protein (ILP), 500 S2 lines were developed. Each IHOxILO line was genotyped for 479 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, and each IHPxILP line was genotyped for 499 SNP markers. Per se and testcross progenies of each S2 line were evaluated for oil, protein, and starch. A large number of QTL were found to control these traits. The objective of this paper is to report the results of analysis of these crosses for two-way epistatic interactions. More epistatic interactions were significant than expected by chance. The proportion of significant interactions that involved a marker significant in a single marker analysis (SMA) was no greater than expected by chance. The number of markers associated only with significant epistatic effects ranged from 46.3 to 72.2% of the total number of markers significant for either an interaction effect or from SMA. The number of QTL controlling a trait is much greater than will be found by analyzing for significant QTL main effects. Thus, epistasis could contribute to the long continued response to selection in the Illinois long-term selection strains and also may help explain the continued success of commercial corn breeding.

Abbreviations: BLUP, best linear unbiased predictor • IHO, Illinois High Oil • IHP, Illinois High Protein • ILO, Illinois Low Oil • ILP, Illinois Low Protein • QTL, quantitative trait loci • SMA, single marker analysis • SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism

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Received for publication July 23, 2007.




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