Review Article: ISTR, a Retrotransposons-Based Marker to Assess Plant Genome Variability with Special Emphasis in the Genera Zea and Agave

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A review is presented for give information and highlights the advantage of ISTR as molecular marker which with the genome changes after manipulation or breeding intervention can be detected.

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M. Torres-Morán, N. Almaraz-Abarca and M. Escoto-Delgadillo, "Review Article: ISTR, a Retrotransposons-Based Marker to Assess Plant Genome Variability with Special Emphasis in the Genera Zea and Agave," American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 3 No. 12A, 2012, pp. 1820-1826. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2012.312A223.

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