One of the major challenges in genetics has been to identify the nucleotide polymorphisms
responsible for phenotypic variation. Through intensive analysis, several major quantitative …

Sequencing of the entire rice genome has made remarkable progress (IRGSP 2005). This
sequence information has provided new tools for genetics and has created a new paradigm …

Understanding the association between nucleotide changes and phenotypic changes is
necessary for germplasm enhancement but has been a significant challenge in the …

Recent progress in rice genome analysis has made it possible to analyze naturally occurring
allelic variation underlying complex traits. Using heading date as a model for complex traits …

The last 20 years has seen a tremendous growth in molecular genetics research and
breeding rice. While there have been some outstanding successful examples of rice …

The indica subspecies of cultivated rice occupies the largest area of rice production in the
world. However, a systematic analysis of cDNA sequences from the indica subspecies has …

Breeding by design has been an aspiration of researchers in the plant sciences for a
decade. With the rapid development of genomics-based genotyping platforms and available …

Rice is a model system for crop genomics studies. Much of the early work on rice genomics
focused on analyzing genome-wide genetic variation to further understand rice gene …

Completion of the genome analysis followed by extensive comprehensive studies on a
variety of genes and gene families of rice (Oryza sativa) resulted in rapid accumulation of …

Using DNA markers in plant breeding with marker‐assisted selection (MAS) could greatly
improve the precision and efficiency of selection, leading to the accelerated development of …