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iiiContentsAcknowledgementsForewordAbbreviations and acronymsContributorsviviiixxvSection I – Introduction to <strong>marker</strong>-<strong>assisted</strong> <strong>selection</strong> 1Chapter 1Marker-<strong>assisted</strong> <strong>selection</strong> as a tool for genetic improvement ofcrops, livestock, forestry and fish <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g countries:an overview of the issues 3John Ruane and Andrea Sonn<strong>in</strong>oChapter 2An assessment of the use of molecular <strong>marker</strong>s <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>gcountries 15Andrea Sonn<strong>in</strong>o, Marcelo J. Carena, Elcio P. Guimarães,Roswitha Baumung, Dafydd Pill<strong>in</strong>g and Barbara RischkowskySection II – <strong>marker</strong>-<strong>assisted</strong> <strong>selection</strong> <strong>in</strong> crops – case studies 27Chapter 3Molecular <strong>marker</strong>s for use <strong>in</strong> plant molecular breed<strong>in</strong>g andgermplasm evaluation 29Jeremy D. Edwards and Susan R. McCouchChapter 4Marker-<strong>assisted</strong> <strong>selection</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>wheat</strong>: evolution, not revolution 51Robert Koebner and Richard SummersChapter 5Marker-<strong>assisted</strong> <strong>selection</strong> for improv<strong>in</strong>g quantitative traits of foragecrops 59Oene Dolstra, Christel Denneboom, Ab L.F. de Vos and E.N. van LooChapter 6Targeted <strong>in</strong>trogression of cotton fibre quality quantitative trait locius<strong>in</strong>g molecular <strong>marker</strong>s 67Jean-Marc Lacape, Trung-Bieu Nguyen, Bernad Hau and Marc Giband

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