Molecular approaches in cassava breeding
In cassava, as for other major crops, molecular markers can reveal the genetic basis for both qualitative and quantitative phenotypic changes. This chapter examines the genetic diversity of cassava, the process of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and the application of genome sequencing to cassava. T...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89960 |
| Summary: | In cassava, as for other major crops, molecular markers can reveal the genetic basis for both qualitative and quantitative phenotypic changes. This chapter examines the genetic diversity of cassava, the process of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and the application of genome sequencing to cassava. The chapter looks ahead to the future potential of genetic engineering of cassava.
Table of contents
1 Introduction
2 Genetic diversity
3 Marker-assisted selection (MAS)
4 Genome sequencing of cassava
5 Genetic engineering in cassava
6 References |
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