Datasets to build marker effect networks

Abstract

This dataset contains the input files to build marker effect networks and identify markers associated with environmental adaptability. These networks are built by adapting commonly used software for building gene co-expression networks with marker effects across growth environments as the input data into the networks. Here, we provide grain yield data from 400 maize hybrids grown across nine environments in the U.S. Midwest, a set of ~10,000 non-redundant markers, and environmental data containing 17 weather parameters in 3-day intervals collected from planting date to the end of the season. For instructions on how to perform this analysis and analysis script, please see https://github.com/HirschLabUMN/meffs_networks. For more details on marker effect networks, please see preprint on https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.19.524532v1.