Molecular Genetics Maps (High Density)
Although molecular genetic maps are now available in majority of crops, most of these maps are inadequate for identification of candidate genes and for subsequent map based cloning of genes. Therefore, efforts have been underway to prepare high-resolution maps in several crops. One of the approaches followed in maize in this connection involved intermating among plants in F2 and subsequent generations to provide for an opportunity for increased recombination. When such a population after five-generations of intermating was used in maize, it led to the production of a high resolution map, in which the map distance increased from 1532 cM to 5917 cM.


