Heritability of the expression of defense-related genes in the outer stem of Interior spruce (Picea glauca x engelmannii)

ABSTRACT: Inferring the heritability of gene expression is one of the main areas of the field of genetical genomics. With the possibility to treat the abundances of gene transcripts as a suite of quantitative traits, genetical genomics can make an extensive use of the microarray technology. Here we extended a major method for estimating the heritability of a quantitative trait, single parent-offspring regression, to assess the heritability of the expression of genes with two-channel microarrays. In a series of maternal parent-offspring pairs of Interior spruce (Picea glauca x engelmannii, our focus in the outer stem tissues is the expression of defense-related genes, the heritability of which can affect fitness and necessary for evolution by natural selection. Parent-offspring pairs of Interior spru

ORGANISM(S): Picea engelmannii x Picea glauca

SUBMITTER: Dr. Kermit Ritland 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-22921 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress