Use of RFLP markers for analysis of genetic relationships among breeding materials and prediction of hybrid performance

AE Melchinger - International crop science I, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews some of the evidence from North America and Europe indicating
variation in tolerance to air pollutants within and between species, and then discusses …

Inbred lines of maize and their molecular markers

M Lee - The Maize Handbook, 1994 - Springer
Inbred lines have been a rich resource for fundamental and applied investigations in maize.
They constitute a sampling of the genetic diversity in Zea mays L. that has been captured …

Evolutionary implications of allozyme and RAPD variation in diploid populations of dioecious buffalograss Buchloë dactyloides

R Peakall, PE Smouse, DR Huff - Molecular Ecology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides, is widely distributed throughout the Great Plains of North
America, where it is an important species for rangeland forage and soil conservation. The …

The use of molecular and biochemical markers in crop evolution studies

P Gepts - Evolutionary biology, 1993 - Springer
When de Candolle (1882) initiated the study of crop evolution, his major concern was to
identify the geographic origin, ie, the domestication center, of individual crops. In his opinion …

Reevaluating the origin of domesticated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum; Malvaceae) using nuclear restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs)

CL Brubaker, JF Wendel - American journal of botany, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of domestication in Mesoamerican G. hirsutum populations is obscured by
several factors, including the absence of a clearly identified wild progenitor, a complex …

Genetic diversity and its relationship to hybrid performance in maize as revealed by RFLP and AFLP markers

P Ajmone Marsan, P Castiglioni, F Fusari… - Theoretical and Applied …, 1998 - Springer
The challenge to maize breeders is to identify inbred lines that produce highly heterotic
hybrids. In the present study we surveyed genetic divergence among 13 inbred lines of …

Historical genomics of North American maize

J van Heerwaarden, MB Hufford… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Since the advent of modern plant breeding in the 1930s, North American maize has
undergone a dramatic adaptation to high-input agriculture. Despite the importance of …

Comparison of allozyme, RFLP, and RAPD markers for revealing genetic variation within and between trembling aspen and bigtooth aspen

Z Liu, GR Furnier - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 1993 - Springer
We examined genetic variation in allozyme loci, nuclear DNA restriction fragment length
polymorphisms (RFLPs), and random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) in 130 …

Comparison of rapeseed cultivars and resynthesized lines based on allozyme and RFLP markers

HC Becker, GM Engqvist, B Karlsson - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 1995 - Springer
It has frequently been suggested to use the resynthesis of rapeseed (Brassica napus) from
B. campestris and B. oleracea to broaden its genetic base. The objective of the present study …

Amplified fragment length polymorphisms as a tool for DNA fingerprinting sunflower germplasm: genetic diversity among oilseed inbred lines

V Hongtrakul, GM Huestis, SJ Knapp - Theoretical and applied genetics, 1997 - Springer
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis is a rapid and efficient method for
producing DNA fingerprints. The AFLP diversity of sunflower has not been described, and …