Molecular Markers at a Glance

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Since domestication man had been using morphological markers

for selection. Characters like non shattering differentiates wild

and domesticated. Yield was considered prime for selection.

Morphological characters like awn when found correlated to yield

aided much in selection. The examples are too many to quote

here. With the introduction of pure line selection genetic diversity

was lost. That was evident with emergence of pest and diseases.

This paved way for preservation of diversity. Molecular marker

helps in both maintaining diversity and in selection of plants.

These two forms the backbone of any breeding programme.

Hence molecular markers had got an inevitable role in plant

breeding.

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