Fig. 1From: Quantitative trait locus analysis of heterosis for plant height and ear height in an elite maize hybrid zhengdan 958 by design IIIExperimental flow chat for QTL analysis and validation. The crossed of 162 RILs to their parental lines Zheng 58 (TC Zheng 58) and Chang 7–2 (TC Chang 7–2) were phenotyped for further QTL analysis. A major QTL, qPH.A-1.3 was validated using BC2F1, BC3F1 and BC2F2 populationsBack to article page