UK: Integrating non-additive GWAS with historical dissemination to illuminate nut traits and blooming time in almonds

Modern breeding focuses on genetic analyses and germplasm management and dominates in altering crop genomes, but often neglects non-additive genetic effects that are essential for understanding traits. Almond [Prunus dulcis Miller (D.A. Webb)] has significant economic and genetic research value, but current studies face limitations, including a narrow focus on additive models and limited germplasm diversity.Expanding research to include a wider range of germplasms and non-additive effects could uncover deeper insights into almond domestication and genetic diversity, revealing important alleles and QTLs developed over thousands of years.Horticulture Research published research titled "Almond population genomics and non-additive GWAS reveal new insights into almond dissemination history and candidate genes for nut traits and blooming time."This study utilized a comprehensive approach combining population structure analysis, additive kinship, phylogenetic tree construction, and ...