Molecular marker applications in plants.
Individuals within a population of a sexually reproducing species will have some degree of heritable genomic variation caused by mutations, insertion/deletions (INDELS), inversions, duplications, and translocations. Such variation can be detected and screened using molecular, or genetic, markers. By definition, molecular markers are genetic loci that can be easily tracked and quantified in a population and may be associated with a particular gene or trait of interest. This chapter will review the current major applications of molecular markers in plants.
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Alice C
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Hayward
Reece
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Tollenaere
Jessica
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Dalton-Morgan
Jacqueline
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Batley
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