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Isozymes as Markers for Studying and Manipulating Quantitative Traits

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Isozymes in Plant Biology

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Many plant characteristics (e.g., grain and forage yield, time of flowering, stress tolerance) show continuous variation. This usually implies that the inheritance of such traits is complex (quantitative) and probably involves the collective effects of numerous genetic factors. Classically, the activity of these factors has been characterized en masse, using biometrical procedures, and it has usually not been possible to isolate and measure the individual and interactive parameters of single factors (genes) or segments of chromosomes. Identification, mapping, and examination of individual genes affecting quantitative traits should provide knowledge concerning the organization of genomes and insight into the relative contribution of “major” and “minor” genes to such complexly inherited traits. With a better understanding of the inheritance of such traits, it should be possible to develop new methods for enhancing plant improvement.

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Stuber, C.W. (1989). Isozymes as Markers for Studying and Manipulating Quantitative Traits. In: Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Dudley, T.R. (eds) Isozymes in Plant Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1840-5_11

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