The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has recently published "Laboratory protocols: CIMMYT Applied Molecular Genetics Laboratory. Third edition", edited by M. Warburton, M. William, A. McNab and D. Poland. According to the foreword, the primary motive for compiling and publishing this manual was to provide scientists, researchers, and students from national agricultural research systems, universities, and small private companies in developing countries, as well as advanced research institutions in the developed world, with a useful guide on the protocols currently in use in the Applied Molecular Genetics (AMG) Laboratory of CIMMYTs Applied Biotechnology Center. The main protocols currently in use there have to do with molecular marker technology and can be used for mapping, molecular marker assisted selection, and studies on genetic diversity. See http://www.cimmyt.org/english/docs/manual/protocols/abc_amgl.pdf (1.63 MB) or contact [email protected] with any comments.

16/04/2006