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Molecular markers and their application in plant coservation

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According to the type of study to be conducted, one can choose a specific marker from a variety of different markers, viz. morphological, biochemical and DNA-based molecular markers. The molecular markers are of two types as hybridisation-based or non-PCR-based markers. These DNA markers offer several advantages over traditional phenotypic markers, as they provide data that can be analysed accurately. This chapter provides a detailed account of utilisation of different molecular markers to study the polymorphism if any among the natural populations as well as in regenerants obtained through clonal propagation.