bulk population

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To maintain yield stability, the bulkpopulation must remain genetically diverse2.
Inherent to the harvesting method and the microarray technique, gene expression patterns in such subpopulations will be averaged with the bulkpopulation in the analysis.
Examples from evolutionary breeding in barley demonstrate the self-regulating capacity of a diverse bulkpopulation.
An unselected bulkpopulation will generally maintain a quality score approximating the mid-parent value.
In this case, continued breeding with a bulkpopulation may be the best route.
Genetic diversity is inherent in bulk populations that have been produced from multiple crosses of genetically variable parental germplasm.
The segregating bulk populations had large variation for traits related to competition, such as growth habit, maturity and seed size.
Regardless of the crossing scheme chosen, the basic methods involved in the establishment of bulk populations will be similar.
Brenner also chose it as it is easy to grow in bulk populations, and convenient for genetic analysis.
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