A review of microsatellite markers and their applications in rice breeding programs to improve blast disease resistance

Over the last few decades, the use of molecular markers has played an increasing role in rice breeding and genetics. Of the different types of molecular markers, microsatellites have been utilized most extensively, because they can be readily amplified by PCR and the large amount of allelic variatio...

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Main Authors: Miah, Gous, Yusop, Mohd Rafii, Ismail, Mohd Razi, Puteh, Adam, Harun, Abdul Rahim, Islam, Kh. Nurul, Latif, Mohammad Abdul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29328/1/29328.pdf