Article
Single nucleotide polymorphism discovery in elite North American potato germplasm.
BMC genomics - 9 Jun 2011
Hamilton John P, Hansey Candice N, Whitty Brett R, Stoffel Kevin, Massa Alicia N, Van Deynze Allen, De Jong Walter S, Douches David S, Buell C Robin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Current breeding approaches in potato rely almost entirely on phenotypic evaluations; molecular markers, with the exception of a few linked to disease resistance traits, are not widely used. Large-scale sequence datasets generated primarily through Sanger Expressed Sequence Tag projects are available from a limited number of potato cultivars and access to next generation sequencing technologies...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.