Allele mining in crops: Prospects and potentials

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-461

  Kumar, G Ram ^a   Sakthivel, K ^a   Sundaram, R M ^a   Neeraja, C N ^a   Balachandran, S M ^a   Rani, N Shobha ^a   Viraktamath, B C ^a   Madhav, M S ^a  

^a DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Allele mining; Allelic variation; Crop gene pool; EcoTilling; Promoter mining

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC TRAITS; ALLELE MINING; ALLELIC VARIATION; CANDIDATE GENES; CROP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; ECOTILLING; GENE POOLS; GENOMIC INFORMATION; HAPLOTYPES; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; MOLECULAR BREEDING; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PUBLIC DATABASE; RESEARCH INSTITUTES;

GENES; LAKES;

CROPS;

ALLELE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; DATABASE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME;

ALLELE; CROP; DATA MINING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLELES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATA MINING; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENOMICS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77954864556     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.02.007     Document Type: Review

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