SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ – Rice experts from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the country’s primary rice institution, revealed that fingerprinting that is used to characterize a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) was essential for crop breeding.
“DNA contains the traits of an organism,” said the experts, Dr. Gabriel O. Romero, Cheryl Adeva and Zosimo Battad II in a study called “Genetic Fingerprinting: Advancing the frontiers of crop biology research.
In the paper, they documented how DNA fingerprinting was used by Filipino scientist in rice research.
The paper which publication was disclosed by the PhilRice on Wednesday, showed that crop fingerprinting helped the breeders select the traits they needed to create new upgraded seeds.
“The discovery of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has paved the way for a more convenient analysis of DNA variation,” said the PhilRice explaining how DNA testing has been made easier from the tedious process it used to be.
PCR, the paper explained, magnifies a section of a DNA making it possible for scientists to study and/or characterize that area. Scientists are now using markers, which make assaying a lot more convenient. Markers are specific DNA sequences attached to a trait.
The presence of a marker signifies that a trait is present.
Genetic fingerprinting was particularly useful in tax identification and phylogeny, diversity analysis, hybridity testing, gene mapping, marker-aided introgression, somaclonal variation, and patenting, the rice scientists added.
Genetic fingerprinting, they said, traces even the historical background of a particular seed. For instance, genetic fingerprinting, showed that PSB Rc82 came from PSB RC28, among others.
The process was also found vital in diversity analysis that measures the level of genetic similarities or difference among materials which is crucial for breeding. Diversity makes specific rice variety productive or otherwise.
Genetic fingerprinting decodes the traits of a variety and will guide breeders in selecting the traits that scientists can transfer to another variety, the trio explained in their paper.
The process was also useful in gene-banking, an important act in maintaining the repository of varieties, they said. Gene-banking is essential since pests and diseases would attack at any unforeseen time.
Genetic fingerprinting further improves the viability of hybrid production, according to the research.
According to Romero, Avela and Battad II, the fingerprinting gives scientists precise results in properly identifying and “varietal protection, genetic identity stability, complete characterization and measurement of crop genetic diversity.”
“DNA contains the traits of an organism,” said the experts, Dr. Gabriel O. Romero, Cheryl Adeva and Zosimo Battad II in a study called “Genetic Fingerprinting: Advancing the frontiers of crop biology research.
In the paper, they documented how DNA fingerprinting was used by Filipino scientist in rice research.
The paper which publication was disclosed by the PhilRice on Wednesday, showed that crop fingerprinting helped the breeders select the traits they needed to create new upgraded seeds.
“The discovery of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has paved the way for a more convenient analysis of DNA variation,” said the PhilRice explaining how DNA testing has been made easier from the tedious process it used to be.
PCR, the paper explained, magnifies a section of a DNA making it possible for scientists to study and/or characterize that area. Scientists are now using markers, which make assaying a lot more convenient. Markers are specific DNA sequences attached to a trait.
The presence of a marker signifies that a trait is present.
Genetic fingerprinting was particularly useful in tax identification and phylogeny, diversity analysis, hybridity testing, gene mapping, marker-aided introgression, somaclonal variation, and patenting, the rice scientists added.
Genetic fingerprinting, they said, traces even the historical background of a particular seed. For instance, genetic fingerprinting, showed that PSB Rc82 came from PSB RC28, among others.
The process was also found vital in diversity analysis that measures the level of genetic similarities or difference among materials which is crucial for breeding. Diversity makes specific rice variety productive or otherwise.
Genetic fingerprinting decodes the traits of a variety and will guide breeders in selecting the traits that scientists can transfer to another variety, the trio explained in their paper.
The process was also useful in gene-banking, an important act in maintaining the repository of varieties, they said. Gene-banking is essential since pests and diseases would attack at any unforeseen time.
Genetic fingerprinting further improves the viability of hybrid production, according to the research.
According to Romero, Avela and Battad II, the fingerprinting gives scientists precise results in properly identifying and “varietal protection, genetic identity stability, complete characterization and measurement of crop genetic diversity.”
