Assessing the genetic fidelity of somatic embryo-derived plantlets of finger millet by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis.

Finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] is an important cereal because of its mineral-nutrition value.

RAPD markers for screening shoot gall maker ( Swinhoe) tolerant genotypes of amla ( L.).

Linn. is the most important medicinally useful tree crop in Asian Subcontinent and is severely infested by Swinhoe, known as shoot gall maker (SGM). This pest tunnels the shoots of seedlings and actively growing branches of trees and develops gall, leading to stunted growth, unusual branching and death of actively growing shoots.

Mutational pressure dictates synonymous codon usage in freshwater unicellular α - cyanobacterial descendant Paulinella chromatophora and β - cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC6301.

Background: Comparative study of synonymous codon usage variations and factors influencing its diversification in α - cyanobacterial descendant Paulinella chromatophora and β - cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC6301 has not been reported so far. In the present study, we investigated various factors associated with synonymous codon usage in the genomes of P. chromatophora and S.

Synonymous codon usage in chloroplast genome of Coffea arabica.

Synonymous codon usage of 53 protein coding genes in chloroplast genome of Coffea arabica was analyzed for the first time to find out the possible factors contributing codon bias. All preferred synonymous codons were found to use A/T ending codons as chloroplast genomes are rich in AT. No difference in preference for preferred codons was observed in any of the two strands, viz.