SNP discovery and applications in Brassica napus

Journal of Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-61

  Hayward, Alice ^a   Mason, Annaliese S ^a   Dalton Morgan, Jessica ^a   Zander, Manuel ^a   Edwards, David ^a   Batley, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Canola; Genetic marker; Genotyping; Goldengate; Infinium; Next generation sequencing; QTL mapping; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871881613     PISSN: 12292818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5010/JPB.2012.39.1.049     Document Type: Review

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