Predicting Genetic Variance from Genomewide Marker Effects Estimated from a Diverse Panel of Maize Inbreds

Predicting the genetic variance ( V G ) in a biparental population has been difficult. Our objective was to determine whether the population mean, V G , and mean of the top 10% of progeny in a cross can be predicted effectively from genomewide marker effects estimated from a diverse panel of inbreds. Eight maize ( Zea mays L.) crosses that differed in their predicted mean and V G were evaluated for plant and ear height and growing degree days to...