GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Genomic selection analyses reveal tradeoff between chestnut blight tolerance and genome inheritance from American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in (C. dentata x C. mollissima) x C. dentata backcross populations
Jared W. Westbrook, Qian Zhang, Mihir K. Mandal…·Jason A. Holliday
The paper uses genomic selection analyses to show that blight tolerance in chestnut hybrids is polygenic, not controlled by major genes, and that higher American chestnut genome inheritance correlates with lower blight tolerance.