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A Brief Review of Molecular Techniques to Assess Plant Diversity

Massive loss of valuable plant species in the past centuries and its adverse impact on environmental and socioeconomic values has triggered the conservation of plant resources. Appropriate identification and characterization of plant materials is essential for the successful conservation of plant re...

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Autores principales: Arif, Ibrahim A., Bakir, Mohammad A., Khan, Haseeb A., Al Farhan, Ahmad H., Al Homaidan, Ali A., Bahkali, Ali H., Sadoon, Mohammad Al, Shobrak, Mohammad
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20559503
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms11052079
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author Arif, Ibrahim A.
Bakir, Mohammad A.
Khan, Haseeb A.
Al Farhan, Ahmad H.
Al Homaidan, Ali A.
Bahkali, Ali H.
Sadoon, Mohammad Al
Shobrak, Mohammad
author_facet Arif, Ibrahim A.
Bakir, Mohammad A.
Khan, Haseeb A.
Al Farhan, Ahmad H.
Al Homaidan, Ali A.
Bahkali, Ali H.
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description Massive loss of valuable plant species in the past centuries and its adverse impact on environmental and socioeconomic values has triggered the conservation of plant resources. Appropriate identification and characterization of plant materials is essential for the successful conservation of plant resources and to ensure their sustainable use. Molecular tools developed in the past few years provide easy, less laborious means for assigning known and unknown plant taxa. These techniques answer many new evolutionary and taxonomic questions, which were not previously possible with only phenotypic methods. Molecular techniques such as DNA barcoding, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have recently been used for plant diversity studies. Each technique has its own advantages and limitations. These techniques differ in their resolving power to detect genetic differences, type of data they generate and their applicability to particular taxonomic levels. This review presents a basic description of different molecular techniques that can be utilized for DNA fingerprinting and molecular diversity analysis of plant species.
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spelling pubmed-28850952010-06-17 A Brief Review of Molecular Techniques to Assess Plant Diversity Arif, Ibrahim A. Bakir, Mohammad A. Khan, Haseeb A. Al Farhan, Ahmad H. Al Homaidan, Ali A. Bahkali, Ali H. Sadoon, Mohammad Al Shobrak, Mohammad Int J Mol Sci Review Massive loss of valuable plant species in the past centuries and its adverse impact on environmental and socioeconomic values has triggered the conservation of plant resources. Appropriate identification and characterization of plant materials is essential for the successful conservation of plant resources and to ensure their sustainable use. Molecular tools developed in the past few years provide easy, less laborious means for assigning known and unknown plant taxa. These techniques answer many new evolutionary and taxonomic questions, which were not previously possible with only phenotypic methods. Molecular techniques such as DNA barcoding, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have recently been used for plant diversity studies. Each technique has its own advantages and limitations. These techniques differ in their resolving power to detect genetic differences, type of data they generate and their applicability to particular taxonomic levels. This review presents a basic description of different molecular techniques that can be utilized for DNA fingerprinting and molecular diversity analysis of plant species. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2885095/ /pubmed/20559503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms11052079 Text en © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Shobrak, Mohammad
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms11052079
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