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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);
E. I. Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Mary Beatty, Earlham, IA (US);
James A. Janni, Johnston, IA (US);
Jonathan E. Lightner, Johnston, IA (US);
J. Antoni Rafalski, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A novel method for prediction of the degree of heterotic phenotypes in plants is disclosed. Structural variation analyses of the genome are used to predict the degree of a heterotic phenotype in plants. In some examples, copy number variation is used to predict the degree of heterotic phenotype. In some methods copy number variation is detected using competitive genomic hybridization arrays. Further, methods for optimizing the arrays are disclosed, together with kits for producing such arrays, as well as hybrid plants selected for development based on the predicted results.