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A doubled haploid (DH) population of 123 lines from IK64/Azucena was used to analyze the genotype × environment (GE) interaction for eight plant type traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.). The total genetic effects were partitioned into genetic main effects and GE interaction effects. These two kinds of predicted effects were used in mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Four to nine QTLs affecting different plant type traits were detected. Results indicated that all common QTLs detected in both environments were controlled by genetic main effects and some also by GE interaction effects. Some genomic regions identified significant QTL in only one environment; some also showed genetic main effects. Those QTLs with genetic main effects could be used in marker‐assisted selection across environments. For some other map regions, QTLs were controlled by only GE interaction effects without genetic main effects. Those QTLs could be included in marker‐assisted selection only for specific environments. In most cases, the pairs of traits with a high genetic correlation shared more common QTL regions than those pairs of traits with a lower genetic correlation.

A doubled haploid population of 123 lines from IR64/Azucena was used to dissect the developmental behavior and genotype by environment interaction for plant height by conditional and unconditional quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping methods in rice. It was shown that the number of QTL detected was different at various measuring stages. Some QTL could be detected at all stages and some only at one or several stages. More QTL could be found on the basis of time-dependent measures of different stages. By conditional QTL mapping of time-dependent measures, it is possible to reveal dynamic gene expression for quantitative traits. Mapping QTL for genetic main effects and GE interaction effects could help us in understanding the nature of QTL × environment interaction for the development of quantitative traits.

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency was found in 3.2% of the male population living in the urban area of Algiers. The deficient subjects originated from multiple geographic regions of Northern Algeria, with prevalence of individuals of Berber-Kabyle origin. Red blood cell G6PD was partially purified and characterized in deficient males from 17 families, and six different variants were found. Among them, only one, the Gd(-) Kabyle variant, had been previously described. It was detected in nine families. The other five variants were new: Gd(-) Laghouat (four cases), Gd(-) Blida (one case), Gd(-) Thenia (one case), Gd(-) Titteri (one case), and Gd(-) Alger (two brothers). Strikingly, the common Mediterranean variant was not found. G6PD deficiency is heterogeneous in northern Algeria where autochtonous variants seem to prevail. The Kabyle variant may be common in this country.