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This project was supported by the Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Henan Province (114200510002). The authors thank Dr Fang Xuan-Jun from the Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources and Liu Xue-Yi from the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences for kindly providing the RIL population.
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Liang H., Xu L., Yu Y., Yang H., Dong W. and Zhang H. 2016 Identification of QTLs with main, epistatic and QTL by environment interaction effects for seed shape and hundred-seed weight in soybean across multiple years. J. Genet. 95, xx–xx
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LIANG, H., XU, L., YU, Y. et al. Identification of QTLs with main, epistatic and QTL by environment interaction effects for seed shape and hundred-seed weight in soybean across multiple years. J Genet 95, 475–477 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-016-0648-8
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