Molecular Breeding

Molecular breeding is the application of molecular genetic tools and molecular markers in plant and animal breeding to improve traits through direct genotypic assessment and selection.

7.4K

Publications

342.6K

Citations

28.8K

Authors

3.7K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.8K

Variants

Marker-assisted Breeding

Parents

Agricultural BiotechnologyPlant Breeding

Children

Allele MiningBioinformatics For BreedingBiotic Stress Resistance BreedingBreeding Population DesignCandidate Gene AnalysisFunctional GenomicsGenetic DiversityGenome-wide Association StudiesGenomic PredictionGenotyping Platforms

Publications

7.4K

DNA polymorphisms amplified by arbitrary primers are useful as genetic markers

John G. Williams, Anne R. Kubelik, Kenneth J. Livak et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 1990 · 13.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14

The comparison of RFLP, RAPD, AFLP and SSR (microsatellite) markers for germplasm analysis

W. Powell, Michele Morgante, Chaz Andre et al. · Molecular Breeding · 1996 · 2.7K citations

Agriculture, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +12

TASSEL-GBS: A High Capacity Genotyping by Sequencing Analysis Pipeline

Jeffrey C. Glaubitz, Terry Casstevens, Fei Lü et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Genetics +17

Hot topic: A unified approach to utilize phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information for genetic evaluation of Holstein final score

Ignácio Aguilar, I. Misztal, D. L. Johnson et al. · Journal of Dairy Science · 2010 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Agriculture, Dairy Science, Genetics +17

Identification of a Mutation in Porcine Ryanodine Receptor Associated with Malignant Hyperthermia

Junichi Fujii, Kinya Otsu, Francesco Zorzato et al. · Science · 1991 · 1.5K citations

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Veterinary Physiology +17

1–5 of 7.4K

Authors

28.8K

RK
Rajeev K. Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India
60 publications · 6.8K citations
37
h-index
LF
Luca Fontanesi
University of Bologna, Italy
48 publications · 2K citations
27
h-index
VR
Vincenzo Russo
University of Bologna, Italy
30 publications · 1.4K citations
24
h-index
CL
Chuzhao Lei
Northwest A&F University, China
59 publications · 1.5K citations
24
h-index
GP
Graham Plastow
University of Alberta, Canada
31 publications · 1.7K citations
23
h-index

1–5 of 28.8K

Institutions

3.7K

1–8 of 3.7K

Venues

Theoretical and Applied Genetics
230 publications · 25.4K citations
94
h-index
Animal Genetics
343 publications · 14.8K citations
65
h-index
Journal of Animal Science
140 publications · 9.4K citations
59
h-index
Crop Science
167 publications · 13K citations
57
h-index
PLoS ONE
164 publications · 10.4K citations
56
h-index

1–5

See also Molecular Breeding
Core Methods	Genomic Selection Linkage Analysis Genome Editing Marker-assisted Selection Marker-assisted Backcrossing Truncation Selection Marker-assisted Recurrent Selection Marker-assisted Gene Pyramiding Accelerated Breeding Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Allelic Association Studies
Applications	Disease Resistance Milk Production Gene Introgression Nutritional Quality Germplasm Conservation Crop Yields Anthesis Timing Pulses In Cropping Systems De Novo Domestication Perennial Crop Sequences
Genetic Markers	Diversity Arrays Technology Single-nucleotide Polymorphisms High-resolution Melting Analysis Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Marcus Gunn Pupil Sequence-to-sequence Tagging Morphological Marker Analysis
Trait Targets	Disease Resistance Drought Tolerance Grain Protein Content Salinity Tolerance Nutritional Quality Pest Resistance Oleic Acid Content Crop Yields Anthesis Timing
Limitations	Genotype-by-environment Interaction Pleiotropy Linkage Disequilibrium Decay