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Title

The impact of plant molecular genetics / Bruno W.S. Sobral, editor.

Publication

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. : Birkhaüser, [1996], ©1996.

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Sobral, Bruno W. S. (Bruno Walther Santos), 1958-

Description

xvii, 348 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• Recent years have witnessed an explosion of molecular genetic techniques and approaches that have enabled large gains in basic and applied plant genetics. These techniques span the realm of genetic transformation, which is the non-sexual introduction of new genes in plants, to DNA-marker-assisted genetic studies. DNA markers, in particular, have allowed previously intractable problems, such as genetics of polypoinds and phylogenetics and evolution of crops, to be studied in great detail.
• DNA markers are also largely responsible for bridging qualitative, quantitative and developmental genetics, thereby providing a rich, multi-disciplinary environment for plant biology. The application of DNA markers and plant transformation technologies have serious socio-economic implications for world agriculture, especially in the developing world.
• . The chapters in this volume, written by international experts in diverse fields, provide not only an update of state-of-the-art techniques in many crucial areas of plant genetics, but also look into the future by defining current bottlenecks and research goals. Special attention has been given to DNA makes and their applications, but a section on social and economic implications integrates laboratory science with the socio-economic realities in which they occur.
• Scientists and students in both the biological and social sciences will learn a lot from this book about the recent advances and future directions of plant genetics. In addition, this book should be required reading for policymakers.

Subjects

• Plant genetic engineering
• Plant molecular genetics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Genetics of Polyploids / Jorge A. G. da Silva and Bruno W. S. Sobral -- 2. Validation Strategies for QTL Mapping / William C. Bridges, Jr. and Bruno W. S. Sobral -- 3. Complex Trait Dissection in Forest Trees Using Molecular Markers / David M. O'Malley -- 4. The Use of Comparative Genome Mapping in the Identification, Cloning and Manipulation of Important Plant Genes / Jeffrey L. Bennetzen -- 5. The Potential Impacts of Apomixis: A Molecular Genetics Approach / Richard A. Jefferson and Ross Bicknell -- 6. The Role of Meiotic Recombination in Generating Novel Genetic Variability / Patrick S. Schnable, Xiaojie Xu, Laura Civardi, Yiji Xia, An-Ping Hsia, Lei Zhang and Basil J. Nikolau -- 7. Molecular Markers in Plant Conservation Genetics / William J. Hahn and Francesca T. Grifo -- 8. Identifying Links Between Genotype and Phenotype Using Marker Loci and Candidate Genes / Keith A. Crandall --
• 9. Integrating Genetics, Phylogenetics and Developmental Biology / Elizabeth A. Kellogg -- 10. Molecular Variation and the Delimitation of Species / Jerrold I. Davis -- 11. Application of the Polymerase Chain Reaction to the Detection of Plant Pathogens / Rhonda Honeycutt and Michael McClelland -- 12. Molecular Approaches to Understanding and Manipulating Field Ecology of Microorganisms in Agriculture / Kate J. Wilson -- 13. Informatics and Genomic Research / Carol Bult and Chris Fields -- 14. Instrumentation for Automated Molecular Marker Acquisition and Analysis / Stephen R. E. Bates, David A. Knorr, Jennifer W. Weller and Janet S. Ziegle -- 15. Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding in a Company Environment / Stephen Smith and William Beavis -- 16. Molecular Biology and Traditional Breeding Applied to the Improvement of Maize Nutritional Quality / Mauricio A. Lopes and Brian A. Larkins --
• 17. Economic Impact of Molecular Genetics on International Forestry / Victor M. Villalobos -- 18. Molecular Anthropology of Cassava Cyanogenesis / Hans Rosling -- 19. Structural Adjustment and Biotechnological Demand in South America: The Case of Brazil / Carlos A. Moreira Filho, Marcos E. da Silva, Guilherme L. S. Dias and Adriana P. A. Xavier.

ISBN

• 0817638024 (acid-free paper)
• 3764338024 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

95038473

OCLC

• 33047139
• ocm33047139

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Columbia University Libraries