Microsatellite Marker on Date Palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

ISBN-13: 9786202349604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 60 str.

Khaled Elmeer

Opis

The most common characteristics that are used to identify different cultivars of date palm are the morphology of leaves, spines, and fruit however, morphological traits are often unreliable or imprecise indicators of plant genotype because they are influenced by environmental conditions and vary with the developmental stage of plants. Marker technology using DNA fingerprinting methods such as Microsatellite SSR marker has become increasingly important in recent years to discriminate closely related plant cultivars and have been used to study the genetic diversity and relationships of date palm cultivars in many countries.

O autorze

Assistant Professor in the field of Biotechnology (PhD from UCD Ireland 2004).Published more than 30 papers in high rank journals with a total impact factor reaching 48.07 and with more than 443 citations.Contributed with researchers from Will Cornell University for the genome sequencing of date palm which was published in Nature Biotechnology.