Harnessing Genomic Tools for Crop Improvement

Harnessing Genomic Tools for Crop Improvement: A Software User Manual for Transforming Geneticists to Genomicists is an important resource for crop improvement software users. This book provides essential information to understand the molecular data stems from the molecular genetics and breeding experiments. It presents various genomics-related software encompassing genetic diversity (DARWIN), QTL mapping (QTL Cartographer), Genome-wide association mapping (GAPIT), Haplotype analysis (DNAsp), Marker-assisted breeding (GGT), and others in a step-by-step format. It also looks at the latest bioinformatic tools such as databases, BLAST, primer designing and sequence alignment. Furthermore, this book provides definitions and clarifies the terminology and interpretation of the outputs (Tables and Figures) of each software through case studies. This book provides a single comprehensive user manual for crop improvement software tool users, making it an invaluable asset for scientists, students, and post-doctoral fellows with an interest in plant and animal genetics.

• Covers major advanced genomic tools software
• Provides a step-by-step guide to run each software
• Explains the basic terminology and interpretation of the output of each software