This
assertion is supported by the fact that several backcross
families [e.g., BC2P3 (Sel), BC3P3 (Sel), and
BC2P3S1 (Sel)] lacked the negative attributes associated
with WI 7012A (i.e., late flowering, and warty,
oblong fruit). If progeny with positive attributes could
be recovered in such advanced backcross families,
then MAS might have utility for further line advancement
(fruit yield and quality; Fazio et al. 2003b; Fan
et al. 2006) and subsequent assembly of diverse,
heterozygous, commercially acceptable hybrids.