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Analysis and exploitation of germplasm resources using transposable element molecular markers

Objectif

The EU faces the challenge of improving the genetic diversity in European agriculture to enable it to respond to the demands of the next century. There is a wealth of genetic resources in European gene banks and the main obstacle to exploiting this biodiversity to the benefit of European agriculture is the difficulty in identifying and extracting useful genes from the huge background of non-useful genetic information. The TEGERM project will address this problem by developing and deploying a new kind of high throughput: molecular marker system based upon a class of naturally occurring transposable genetic elements called retrotransposons. This technology will be used to characterise in detail the genetic diversity of several complete major EC and international germplasm collections for pea, barley, tomato and pepper. Lastly, the Project will test the ability of the new marker system to speed up the extraction of useful genetic characters from the germplasm collections into breeding materials.

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Coordinateur

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
Contribution de l’UE
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Adresse
MSI/WTB Complex Dow Street
DD1 4HN DUNDEE
Royaume-Uni

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