During the last ten years, the use of molecular markers, revealing polymorphism at the DNA
level, has been playing an increasing part in animal genetics studies. Amongst others, the …

Migration is the regular seasonal movement of animals from one place to another, often from
a breeding site to a nonbreeding site and back. Because the act of migration makes it …

Recent improvements in genetic analysis and genoty** methods have resulted in a rapid
expansion of the power of molecular markers to address ecological questions …

A total of 57.8 Mb of publicly available rice (Oryza sativa L.) DNA sequence was searched to
determine the frequency and distribution of different simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in the …

Variation in DNA content has been largely ignored as a factor in evolution, particularly
following the advent of sequence-based approaches to genomic analysis. The significant …

Microsatellites are the genetic markers of choice for many population genetic studies, but
must be isolated de novo using recombinant approaches where prior genetic data are …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on genomic size evolution in animals. There are
many ways of studying the evolution of genome. The chapter looks on the examination of …

A consensus linkage map has been developed in the chicken that combines all of the
genoty** data from the three available chicken map** populations. Genoty** data …

The use of DNA markers to define the genetic makeup (genotype) and predict the
performance of an animal is a powerful aid to animal breeding. One strategy is known as …

Microsatellites are a ubiquitous class of simple repetitive DNA sequences, which are
widespread in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes. The use of microsatellites as …