Molecular Markers in Plant Genetics and Breeding
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 June 2023) | Viewed by 4701
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecular markers have significantly contributed to plant improvement through their application in plant genetics and breeding, facilitating the detection of specific-sequence polymorphisms in DNA among individuals in a population. Since the RLFP marker was invented in 1984 by the English scientist Alec Jeffreys, numerous molecular markers, such as RAPD, AFLP, SSR, and SNP, were developed and used in many areas of plant science. The advances in genomic technology, particularly genome sequencing, have facilitated the discovery and application of SNP markers, the most prefered markers, in plant genetics and plant breeding. Molecular markers have been applied in plant genetics to assess genetic diversity, probe the gene, construct a genetic map, and identify monogenic and quantitative trait loci (QTL), whereas molecular markers have been applied in marker-assisted breeding (MAB) in plant breeding to perform a genetic selection. The use of molecular markers in MAB can speed up the plant breeding process for several economic crops. However, the application of molecular markers in the integration of identified QTL into a breeding program, especially breeding for quantitative traits, such as yield and tolerant traits to environmental stresses, is still a challenge with slow progress. The Special Issue aims to gather and publish inventions and innovations in new marker development, beyond the existing molecular markers, and their application in plant/crop genetics and breeding.
In this Special Issue, we would like to invite submissions of high-quality original research or review articles on topics related to the development and application of molecular markers in the field of plant/crop genetics and molecular breeding.
Prof. Dr. M. Miftahudin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular marker
- plant genetic
- breeding
- mapping
- QTL
- GWAS
- marker-assisted selection
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