GWAS for autopolyploids

Genome-wide association studies are widely used in diploid species to study complex traits in diversity panels and breeding populations, but GWAS software tailored to autopolyploids like potato has been missing…until now.  Postdoc Umesh Rosyara is the first author on a publication illustrating the features of GWASpoly, an R package we developed for autopolyploids.  You can also download the software.