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Genomic Studies Reveal Substantial Dominant Effects and Improved Genomic Predictions in an Open-Pollinated Breeding Population of Eucalyptus pellita by Thavamanikumar, Saravanan, Arnold, Roger J, Luo, Jianzhong, Thumma, Bala R

“…Most of the genomic studies in plants and animals have used additive models for studying genetic parameters and prediction accuracies. In this study, we used…”
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Progress in Myrtaceae genetics and genomics: Eucalyptus as the pivotal genus by Grattapaglia, Dario, Vaillancourt, René E, Shepherd, Merv, Thumma, Bala R, Foley, William, Külheim, Carsten, Potts, Brad M, Myburg, Alexander A

“…The status of genomics and genetics research in the Myrtaceae, a large family of dicotyledonous woody plants, is reviewed with Eucalyptus as the focal genus…”
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Transcriptome sequencing of Eucalyptus camaldulensis seedlings subjected to water stress reveals functional single nucleotide polymorphisms and genes under selection by Thumma, Bala R, Sharma, Navin, Southerton, Simon G

“…Water stress limits plant survival and production in many parts of the world. Identification of genes and alleles responding to water stress conditions is…”
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Comparison of Genomic Selection Models to Predict Flowering Time and Spike Grain Number in Two Hexaploid Wheat Doubled Haploid Populations by Thavamanikumar, Saravanan, Dolferus, Rudy, Thumma, Bala R

“…Genomic selection (GS) is becoming an important selection tool in crop breeding. In this study, we compared the ability of different GS models to predict time…”
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Genomic studies with preselected markers reveal dominance effects influencing growth traits in Eucalyptus nitens by Thumma, Bala R, Joyce, Kelsey R, Jacobs, Andrew

“…Genomic selection (GS) is being increasingly adopted by the tree breeding community. Most of the GS studies in trees are focused on estimating additive genetic…”
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Dissection of complex traits in forest trees — opportunities for marker-assisted selection by Thavamanikumar, Saravanan, Southerton, Simon G, Bossinger, Gerd, Thumma, Bala R

“…Due to their long reproductive cycles and the time to expression of mature traits, marker-assisted selection is particularly attractive for tree breeding. In…”
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Identification of a Cis-Acting Regulatory Polymorphism in a Eucalypt COBRA-Like Gene Affecting Cellulose Content by Thumma, Bala R, Matheson, Bronwyn A, Zhang, Deqiang, Meeske, Christian, Meder, Roger, Downes, Geoff M, Southerton, Simon G

“…Populations with low linkage disequilibrium (LD) offer unique opportunities to study functional variants influencing quantitative traits. We exploited the low…”
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Polymorphisms in Cinnamoyl CoA Reductase (CCR) Are Associated With Variation in Microfibril Angle in Eucalyptus spp by Thumma, Bala R, Nolan, Maureen F, Evans, Robert, Moran, Gavin F

“…Linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping using natural populations results in higher resolution of marker-trait associations compared to family-based quantitative…”
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Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of wood quality traits in Eucalyptus nitens by Thumma, Bala R, Southerton, Simon G, Bell, John C, Owen, John V, Henery, Martin L, Moran, Gavin F

“…To identify the chromosomal regions affecting wood quality traits, we conducted a genome-wide quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of wood quality traits in…”
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Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of growth and vegetative propagation traits in Eucalyptus nitens full-sib families by Thumma, Bala R, Baltunis, Brian S, Bell, John C, Emebiri, Livinus C, Moran, Gavin F, Southerton, Simon G

“…Tree growth and vegetative propagation are complex but important traits under selection in many tree improvement programmes. To understand the genetic control…”
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Identification of causal relationships among traits related to drought resistance in Stylosanthes scabra using QTL analysis by Thumma, Bala R., Naidu, Bodapati P., Chandra, Amaresh, Cameron, Don F., Bahnisch, Len M., Liu, Chunji

“…Previous studies have shown that a negative relationship exists between transpiration efficiency (TE) and carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) and between TE and…”
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Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology. Identification of causal relationships among traits related to drought resistance in Stylosanthes scabra using QTL analysis by Thumma, Bala R, Naidu, Bodapati P, Chandra, Amaresh, Cameron, Don F, Bahnisch, Len M, Liu, Chunji

“…Previous studies have shown that a negative relationship exists between transpiration efficiency (TE) and carbon isotope discrimination ([Delta]) and between…”
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Identification of causal relationships among traits related to drought resistance in Stylosanthes scabra using QTL analysis by Thumma, Bala R., Naidu, Bodapati P., Chandra, Amaresh, Cameron, Don F., Bahnisch, Len M., Liu, Chunji

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