The importance of plant genetic diversity (PGD) is now being recognized as a specific area
since exploding population with urbanization and decreasing cultivable lands are the critical …

Expressed sequence tag (EST) projects have generated a vast amount of publicly available
sequence data from plant species; these data can be mined for simple sequence repeats …

Public genomic databases have provided new directions for molecular marker development
and initiated a shift in the types of PCR-based techniques commonly used in plant science …

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 …

The development and use of molecular markers for the detection and exploitation of DNA
polymorphism is one of the most significant developments in the field of molecular genetics …

Simple-sequence repeats (SSRs) have increasingly become the marker of choice for
population genetic analyses. Unfortunately, the development of traditional 'anonymous' …

Background Sesame is an important oil crop, but limited transcriptomic and genomic data
are currently available. This information is essential to clarify the fatty acid and lignan …

In recent years, molecular marker technology in higher plants has witnessed a shift from the
so-called random DNA markers (RDMs), developed in the past arbitrarily from genomic DNA …

Abstract Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is a major cool season forage and turf
grass in the temperate regions of the world. It is also a close relative of other important …

Best known as an animal feed, Alfalfa Medicago sativa is one of the most important and
widely produced livestock crops grown throughout the temperate world." Alfalfa and …