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Conifer Translational Genomic Network Online Module 15: Genomic Selection: This is the 15th module in a series of 16 developed by the Conifer Translational Genomics Network (CTGN). This module focuses on genomic selection.; More...

Training Series Webinars by the Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice: Learn how to use software, perform analyses, and apply techniques relevant to plant breeding and genomics; More...

Digital Phenotyping for Tomato Fruit Size, Shape, and Color: The TomatoAnalyzer software is designed to collect objective data from digital images.; More...

How to Develop SNP-based Tetraploid Maps for Potato: This webinar demonstrates high-throughput SNP calling in a tetraploid and introduces some of the issues inherent in tetraploid genetics and mapping.; More...

Selective Mapping Tutorial: This tutorial introduces selective QTL mapping based on analysis of subsets of a population.; More...

Transcriptomics Tutorial: RNA-Seq is a powerful tool not only to validate gene annotation, but also to unravel quantitative gene expression for all sets of genes transcribed in a sample...; More...

Association Analysis: This curriculum page provides links to learning modules and tutorials relevant to association analysis.; More...

Mapping & QTL Analysis: This curriculum page provides links to learning modules, tutorials, and case studies relevant to mapping and quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis.; More...

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December 29, 2012: Use of the Candidate Gene Approach to Identify an Economically Important Gene in Cultivated Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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