Bivariate genome-wide association study reveals polygenic contributions to covariance between total carotenoid and dry matter contents in yellow-fleshed cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Seren S. Villwock, Elizabeth Yaa Parkes, Edwige Gaby Nkouaya Mbanjo…·Jean‐Luc Jannink
This paper uses bivariate genome-wide association study to investigate the genetic architecture of the negative covariance between total carotenoid and dry matter contents in cassava, finding polygenic mediated pleiotropy rather than genetic linkage.