Buku ini mengulas tentang rekayasa genetika dan penerapannya dalam berbagai bidang kehidupan, seperti kedokteran, farmasi, pertanian dan peternakan. pembahasannya dibagi dalam 18 bab yang terdiri dari : 1. pendahuluan, 2. Benarkah DNA merupakan unit keturunan, 3. struktur DNA dan genome, 4. Sumber DNA dan Kuantifikasi DNA, 5. Manipulasi DNA, 6. Plasmid, 7. Virus lambda bacteriophage, 8. Cosmid,…
This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders…
Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding Public investment in maize breeding from 1865 to 1996 was $3 billion (Crosbie et al., 2004) and the return on investment was $260 billion as a consequence of applied maize breeding, even without full understanding of the genetic basis of heterosis. Quantitative genetics has allowed the integration of prebreeding with cultivar development by characterizing…
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