▪ Abstract Nitrogen assimilation is a vital process controlling plant growth and development.
Inorganic nitrogen is assimilated into the amino acids glutamine, glutamate, asparagine, and …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is an important tuber crop with tremendous potential as a functional
food in the tropics and subtropics. However, the crop has not shown progressive productivity …

Still widely used as gene markers, isozymes detected by zymogram techniques have proven
valuable in a range of other biological applications over the last few years. Along with these …

During the past decade, molecular techniques have provided a wealth of data that have
facilitated the resolution of several controversial questions in polyploid evolution. Herein we …

The rapid development of molecular techniques offers a palette of technical approaches for
population biologists interested in a wide range of questions. For example, these tools can …

Sample populations of 157 Cannabis accessions of diverse geographic origin were
surveyed for allozyme variation at 17 gene loci. The frequencies of 52 alleles were …

Gossypium hirsutum has a large indigenous range encompassing most of Mesoamerica and
the Caribbean, where it exhibits a diverse array of morphological forms spanning the wild‐to …

With the advent of genetic engineering, designer crops might interbreed with natural
populations. Could such romances lead to the evolution of superweeds, as some have …

Linkage maps for the apple cultivars 'Prima'and 'Fiesta'were constructed using RFLP, RAPD,
isozyme, AFLP, SCAR and microsatellite markers in a 'Prima'×'Fiesta'progeny of 152 …

Segregating allozyme and DNA polymorphisms were used to construct a preliminary linkage
map for faba bean. Two F 2 populations were analyzed, the most informative of which was …