| Genetics and Genomics of Soybean 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Stacey, Gary (Editor), Goldberg, B. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 038772298X ISBN-13: 9780387722986 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: The Fabaceae (leguminosae) comprise the second largest family of flowering plants with 650 genera and 18000 species. The soybean is a member of the tribe Phaseoleae, the most economically important of the legume tribes. The soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr. is the major source of vegetable oil and protein on earth. Soybean oil has garnered considerable recent attention due to its increased use for biodiesel production. The extensive genetic resources of soybean and the associated physiological tools available present a set of unique opportunities to study everything from seed development to the biology of polyploidization to a huge array of pathogenic and symbiotic plant-host interactions. The large plant size of soybean is an advantage for such studies, permitting the use of techniques not easy or possible with smaller plants. For these and additional reasons, soybean genomic research has seen major advances in recent years. Therefore, a book chronicling these advances and the potential for future discoveries would be timely. This is especially true given the very recent announcement that the Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute will sequence the soybean genome. The soybean seed is unique in its accumulation of both high levels of protein and oil, which presents several opportunities for study. A typical soybean seed is 40% protein and 20% oil by weight. The somatic embryo methodology that exists for soybean is among the most advanced embryogenic systems available for any dicot and can be used to help study seed physiology and development. Furthermore, transgenic somatic embryos may be used to efficiently study seed genomics, without the need to recover an entire plant, by either over-expressing or suppressing embryo-specific genes. This book covers the recent progress on genome research in soybeans, including genetic map including classical, RFLP, SSR and SNP markers; genomic and cDNA libraries, functional genomics platforms (e.g., cDNA, Affymetrix and oligonucleotide based DNA microarrays); and genetic and physical maps, gene expression profiles. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Technology & Engineering | Food Science - General - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics |
| Dewey: 633.34 |
| Series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.39" W x 9.26" (1.65 lbs) 407 pages |
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| Publisher Description: GeneticsandGenomicsofSoybean, EditedbyProfessorGaryStacey, isaremarkable collection of articles by internationally-recognized experts in the ?eld of soybean genomics - many of whom helped to develop the tools and resources necessary to establish soybean as a powerful crop to investigate important basic and applied questions of plant biology. This collection of articles provides a comprehensive up-to-date review of the ?eld of soybean genomics, and documents how far this ?eld has advanced in the last few years. From the vantage point of someone like myself who ?rst began investigatingthe organizationand expression of the soybean genome thirty years ago, the insights provided by the authors in this book in- cate that soybean has indeed "come of age," and that decades-old mysteries of the soybean genome are now being illuminated. Genetics and Genomics of Soybean is divided into four sections: (1) soybean genome natural history and diversity - which includes chapters on the genetic variation of the soybean genome and its relationship to other legume genomes; (2) tools, resources, and approaches - which includes reviews of technological advances that are being used to study the s- bean genome - including the ?rst glimpse of how the soybean genome is being sequenced and assembled; (3) investigations of soybean biology - which contains chapters that review how genomics tools have been used to study important qu- tions - such as seed development, host-pathogen interactions, abiotic stress, and metabolic pathways; and (4) how Roundup Ready soybeans, generated by genetic engineering, have made an impact on global soybean agriculture. |
