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Diagram of the maize NAM population: 25 diverse inbred lines are each crossed to B73, and the F1s are selfed by single-seed descent into 200 recombinant inbred lines per family
The maize nested association mapping (NAM) population design.

Open data

Publicly available data

See our Data page for data sets and genotype search tools.

Open-source software

All of the software we develop is open source, and we encourage input to help make it better!

  • Java

    TASSEL

    Evaluate trait associations, evolutionary patterns, linkage disequilibrium, and more.

    Get TASSEL: TASSEL
  • R

    rTASSEL

    Run TASSEL 5 analyses, from association mapping to linkage disequilibrium, directly from R.

    Get rTASSEL: rTASSEL
  • Breeding informatics

    GOBii

    The Genomic & Open-source Breeding Informatics Initiative.

    Visit GOBii: GOBii

Publications and training