Figure 1.

Strategy for genomic and genetic resources integration. The figure, from left to right, illustrates the integration of (i) independent QTL analyses from distinct mapping populations deriving MQTLs (with a color code for the considered traits and populations, top), (ii) genetic maps deriving a consensus high density map (with conserved markers linked with black connecting lines), (iii) the syntenome deriving from the exploitation of the synteny with relatives (with rice, Brachypodium and sorghum orthologs linked with black connecting lines). This strategy fills the gap between low resolution QTL intervals in a species of interest (left) and known gene functions in closely related species for a considered trait (right).