Till, Bradley J.,

Genetic improvement of crops using TILLING [electronic resource] / Bradley J. Till. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2019. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (37 min.) : color, sound). - The biomedical & life sciences collection, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: Historical background on using mutagenesis to increase genetic diversity -- Mutation discovery technologies -- Reverse-genetic techniques -- Forward genetic screens -- TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes) -- Examples of TILLING in crops -- Next generation sequencing technologies for TILLING -- Next generation sequencing technologies for forward genetics.

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4990 Henry Stewart Talks


Agricultural biotechnology.
Crop improvement.
Nucleotide sequence.
Plant genetics.
Plant mutation breeding.
Breeding.
Crops, Agricultural--genetics.
Genetic Techniques.
Mutagenesis.
Mutation.
Reverse genetics--methods.
Sequence analysis--trends.
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