Biological assay has been based on analysis of all individuals collected from sample
populations. Bulked sample analysis (BSA), which works with selected and pooled …

The fundamental discoveries of Darwin and Mendel established the scientific basis for plant
breeding and genetics at the turn of the 20th century. Similarly, the recent integration of …

Genomic Selection (GS) is a new breeding method in which genome-wide markers are used
to predict the breeding value of individuals in a breeding population. GS has been shown to …

The advent of complete genetic linkage maps consisting of codominant DNA markers
[typically restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs)] has stimulated interest in the …

Yadav, AK, Singh, S., Dhyani, D. and Ahuja, PS 2011. A review on the improvement of
Stevia [Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni)]. Can. J. Plant Sci. 91: 1–27. Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) …

Molecular genetics can be integrated with traditional methods of artificial selection on
phenotypes by applying marker-assisted selection (MAS). We derive selection indices that …

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 …

Improved genotypes developed by plant breeding remain pivotal to global food security. In
the wake of ever-increasing human population, declining agricultural resources and the …

The conflict between the Mendelian theory of participate inheritance1 and the observation of
continuous variation for most traits in nature was resolved in the early 1900s by the concept …

The development of ubiquitous polymorphic genetic markers that span the genome have
made it possible for quantitative and molecular geneticists to investigate what MD Edwards …