Identification of candidate genes associated with cell wall digestibility and eQTL (expression quantitative trait loci) analysis in a Flint × Flint maize recombinant inbred line population

Table 2 20 flint inbred lines each, out of a population of 270 recombinant inbred lines with the lowest or highest dNDF values, respectively.

Low quality lines	dNDF^a(%)	High quality lines	dNDF (%)
L01	45.21	H01	60.87
L02	50.07	H02	60.97
L03	50.41	H03	61.03
L04	50.72	H04	61.11
L05	51.37	H05	61.15
L06	51.37	H06	61.24
L07	51.80	H07	61.28
L08	52.55	H08	61.42
L09	52.78	H09	61.85
L10	52.78	H10	61.86
L11	53.46	H11	61.99
L12	53.47	H12	62.10
L13	53.72	H13	62.44
L14	53.75	H14	62.78
L15	53.77	H15	62.87
L16	53.82	H16	63.38
L17	53.86	H17	63.52
L18	53.94	H18	63.99
L19	53.94	H19	64.96
L20	53.95	H20	65.22
Mean	52.34	Mean	62.30
SD	2.12	SD	1.32

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