Molecular marker


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Technology using DNA as a genetic marker to reveal variants or polymorphism between lines. (Langridge 2010). There are many types of molecular markers: the earliest to be developed were RFLPs (restriction fragment length polymorphisms) and others include RAPDs (random amplification of polymorphic DNAs), CAPS (cleaved amplified polymorphic sites), SSRs (simple sequence repeats) and AFLPs (amplified fragment length polymorphisms). The latest molecular markers developed include SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and SFPs (single feature polymorphisms) (Varshney 2009)