marker-assisted selection

marker-assisted selection
Abbreviation: MAS
The use of DNA markers to improve response to selection in a population. The markers will be closely linked to one or more target loci, which may often be quantitative trait loci.

Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.

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