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Polymorphic markers and genotyping the mapping population
Before molecular markers are mapped, they need to be tested for detecting polymorphism between the two parents of the mapping population. For further mapping work, only those markers are used, which exhibit polymorphism between the parents of mapping population, since markers Showing no polymorphism can not be mapped genetically (although they can be mapped physically; see later for physical maps). The two polymorphic states of the marker recorded in two parents are given allelic symbols or 1 and 0 (zero) states, and all individuals lines (~100) of the mapping population are genotyped (assigned specific allele or I/0 state).

For codominant markers, like RFLPs, if mapping population belongs to F2 generation, there will be three genotypes (AA, aa, Aa), which can be scored as 0, 1 and 2 to be used with the computer software. The data on genotyping of the mapping population, involving molecular markers ranging in number from a few hundred to few thousand, is then used for the preparation of a genetic map, which is based on recombination frequencies that are automatically worked out by the software and utilized in a mapping function for determining genetic distances.

 

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