Genome Biology
Genetic analysis of important agronomic traits, and identification of the underlying genes requires the development of resources and strategies to enable large-scale investigations across whole genomes or targeted genome segments. Powerful enabling technologies, such as high-throughput molecular markers, expression arrays, next-generation genome sequencing and mutant populations developed at SCRI and elsewhere, will facilitate this process and their exploitation is integral to our future objectives. To facilitate gene isolation and the exploitation of biodiversity we will contribute to the development of genetically anchored physical maps, genome sequencing, establishing the pattern of polymorphism at the genome level and relating genes to functions.
