Genome-specific association study (GSAS) for exploration of variability in hemp (Cannabis sativa).

ABSTRACT: Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a versatile crop with substantial potential for creating productive, sustainable, and resilient agricultural systems. However, in contrast to other crops such as cereals, hemp is highly heterozygous, resulting in both challenges and opportunities for agriculture, breeding, and research. Here, we utilise the heterozygosity of hemp to explore the genetic basis of phenotypic variability in a population generated from a single self-pollinated hemp plant. The S1 population shows extensive variability in plant growth, development, and reproductive patterns. Using reduced representation sequencing, selection of alleles heterozygous in the parent plant, and a model originally developed for genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we were able to identify statistically s

SUBMITTER: Trubanova N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897341 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature