Summary
Single seed descent is an easy inbreeding strategy aimed at deferring selection in successive generations of a cross between two homozygous lines to that generation for which selection looks most successful. Different selection aims are discussed. For characters that are determined by a small number of (major) genes, numbers of plants and generations are tabulated that guarantee the breeder to achieve his aim with a given level of heterozygosity and a given probability.
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Jansen, R.C., Jansen, J. On the selection for specific genes by single seed descent. Euphytica 51, 131–140 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022444
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022444