DNA Fingerprinting in Plants. Principles, Methods, and Applications
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Author(s): K. Weising et al.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0849314887
Format: softback
444pp
Price: £56.99
Review Date: 17 May 2005
Review: Applications of DNA fingerprinting, as well as techniques, have grown enormously since the first edition. This book aims to serve as a bench-top manual for the beginner, providing an easy-to-follow guide to the techniques available, as well as a key reference for a wide variety of DNA profiling techniques and applications. It gives an introduction to the biology of microsatellites, minisatellites, and transposable elements, which are important sources of DNA variations. It also provides a detailed survey of strategies that can be used to deal with problems associated with plant DNA isolation. This new edition focuses on PCR-based techniques, but it also includes more complex ones. There are case studies to illustrate the applications and methods, and over 1600 references.