Molecular breeding

Molecular breeding is the application of molecular biology tools, often in plant breeding and animal breeding

The areas of molecular breeding include:

Development of SNPs has revolutionized the molecular breeding process as it helps to create dense markers. Another area that is developing is genotyping by sequencing.

Transfer of genes make it possible for horizontal transfer of genes from one organism to another. Thus plants can receive genes from humans or algae or any other organism. This provides limitless opportunity in breeding crop plants.

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