Research:2026-06-19/Preprint/sex-chromosome-aware-gwas-reveals-xy-linked-agronomic-architecture-and-breeding-targets-in-cannabis

19 Jun 2026 Preprint

Iran

Sex chromosome-aware GWAS reveals XY-linked agronomic architecture and breeding targets in cannabis

Mehdi Babaei, Davoud Torkamaneh

bioRxiv · 2026

Reports a sex-chromosome-aware genome-wide association study in Cannabis, adding the X and Y chromosomes to the panel of 145 Iranian landrace accessions. Sixteen genome-wide significant markers were identified, among them X-linked loci for stem biomass and growth rate and Y-linked loci for male morphology and male-specific flowering time. The work is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. It analyses the same landrace collection as the other records from this programme.

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2026-06-19 2026-08-08 Sex chromosome-aware GWAS reveals XY-linked agronomic architecture and breeding targets in cannabis Preprint Mehdi Babaei, Davoud Torkamaneh bioRxiv 2026 10.64898/2026.06.18.733269 https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.18.733269 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/06/19/2026.06.18.733269.full.pdf Reports a sex-chromosome-aware genome-wide association study in Cannabis, adding the X and Y chromosomes to the panel of 145 Iranian landrace accessions. Sixteen genome-wide significant markers were identified, among them X-linked loci for stem biomass and growth rate and Y-linked loci for male morphology and male-specific flowering time. The work is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. It analyses the same landrace collection as the other records from this programme. Iran