Chapter 5. Breeding by Design: Exploiting Genetic Maps and Molecular Markers through Marker-Assisted Selection

  1. Prof. Dr. Khalid Meksem2,
  2. Prof. Dr. Günter Kahl3
  1. Johan D. Peleman,
  2. Anker P. Sørensen,
  3. Jeroen Rouppe van der Voort

Published Online: 28 APR 2005

DOI: 10.1002/3527603514.ch5

Book Title

The Handbook of Plant Genome Mapping: Genetic and Physical Mapping

The Handbook of Plant Genome Mapping: Genetic and Physical Mapping

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How to Cite

Peleman, J. D., Sørensen, A. P. and van der Voort, J. R. (2005) Breeding by Design: Exploiting Genetic Maps and Molecular Markers through Marker-Assisted Selection, in The Handbook of Plant Genome Mapping: Genetic and Physical Mapping (eds K. Meksem and G. Kahl), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG. doi: 10.1002/3527603514.ch5

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Dept. Plant, Soil, Agriculture Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 629, USA

  2. 3

    Plant Molecular Biology Biocentre and GenXPro Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Marie-Curie-Strasse 9 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Author Information

  1. KEYGENE GENETICS, P.O. Box 216, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 28 APR 2005
  2. Published Print: 26 JAN 2005

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527311163

Online ISBN: 9783527603510

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Keywords:

  • plant genome mapping;
  • genetic mapping;
  • marker-assisted selection;
  • genetic distance analysis;
  • variety identification;
  • seed purity analysis;
  • indirect selection;
  • creation of novel varieties;
  • removal of linkage drag;
  • pyramiding resistance genes;
  • breeding by design

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Marker-assisted Selection

    • Genetic Distance Analysis, Variety Identification, and Seed Purity Analysis

    • Indirect Selection

      • Monogenic Traits

      • Polygenic (Quantitative) Traits

      • Marker-assisted Backcrossing

  • The Creation of Novel Varieties (Marker-assisted Breeding)

    • Removal of Linkage Drag

    • Pyramiding Resistance Genes

    • Marker-assisted Breeding of Polygenic Traits

    • Introduction of Novel Characteristics

    • Effective Exploitation of (Exotic) Germ Plasm

  • Breeding by Design

    • Mapping Loci Involved in All Agronomically Relevant Traits

    • Assessment of the Allelic Variation at the Loci Associated With Agronomically Relevant Traits

    • Breeding by Design

    • Future of Breeding by Design

  • Acknowledgments

  • References

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