Soybeans are a rich source of protein and oil for human consumption, livestock consumption, and industrial applications. Unfortunately, seed protein concentration is negatively correlated with both grain yield and oil concentration (Chung et al., 2003; Rincker et al. 2014), which makes improving all three traits difficult via selective breeding. To break this correlation, it would be highly desirable to identify genes that exist in heretofore untapped germplasm and used these NEW genes to increase protein, while not concurrently affecting oil concentration and grain yield.

Mapping loci influencing quantitative traits, like protein and oil, has become common practice and has yielded...