Macromutations (alleles with major phenotypic effects) have greatly simpli fied the lives of
geneticists. Wingless flies, hairless mice, and dwarf plants can all be conditioned by …

Detection and analysis of genetic variation can help us to understand the molecular basis of
various biological phenomena in plants. Since the entire plant kingdom cannot be covered …

Sequence characterized amplified regions (SCARs) were derived from eight random
amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers linked to disease resistance genes in lettuce …

The Pto gene in tomato confers resistance to races of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato
that carry the avirulence gene avrPto. A yeast artificial chromosome clone that spans the Pto …

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

Genetic engineering and biotechnology hold great potential for plant breeding as it promises
to expedite the time taken to produce crop varieties with desirable characters. With the use …

Molecular genetic markers have been developed into powerful tools to analyse genetic
relationships and genetic diversity. As an extension to the variety of existing techniques …

The cultivated tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, is the second most consumed vegetable
worldwide and a well‐studied crop species in terms of genetics, genomics, and breeding. It …

During the last few decades, the use of molecular markers, revealing polymorphism at the
DNA level, has been playing an increasing part in plant biotechnology and their genetics …

In recent years, considerable emphasis has been placed on the development of molecular
markers to be used for a variety of objectives. This review attempts to give an account of …