Genomics for Studying Legume Seed Development
June 15, 2007| |
Genomics now makes it possible to begin to understand what genes are required to make a legume seed and its development, said Brandon Le and colleagues at the University of California. The group outlines how their laboratories are using functional genomics to identify genes that program legume seed development in a paper published in the journal Plant Physiology.
Le and colleagues are optimistic that information from genomics shall permit novel approaches to breed and engineer legume seeds with new agronomic traits. Together with other developments in the techniques such as laser capture microdissection (LCM) technology and RNA profiling, comparative genomics can facilitate the discovery of genes essential for seed and embryo development, including those important for specific legume traits.
The paper can be accessed by journal subscribers at http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/doi/10.1104/pp.107.100362.
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