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Title: THE MISSOURI MAIZE PROJECT: BUILDING COMPREHENSIVE GENETIC, PHYSICAL, AND DATABASE RESOURCES FOR THE MAIZE GENOME

Author
item GARDINER, J - UNIV OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
item CONE, K - UNIV OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
item COE JR, EDWARD

Submitted to: Symposium Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/18/2000
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Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Maize is the highest value and the most efficient crop resource grown in the United States. Maize has also been extensively studied genetically and represents one of the best understood crop plants both in terms of its physiology and genetics. Maize is therefore ideally suited to lead the way in crop genomics. The goal of the Missouri Maize Project (MMP, www.cafner.missouri.edu/mmp) is to develop, maintain, and curate a comprehensive map of the 10 chromosomes of maize. A comprehensive genome map for maize will serve as an intersection point for breeders, geneticists, physiologists, and biotechnologists, and is arguably the single most important genomic resource that an organism can have in the absence of a complete genome sequence. To this end, the MMP is developing a physical map that consists of ordered, overlapping DNA fragments, which are easily accessed for detailed molecular analysis and/or manipulation. Complementary to the physical map, a high-resolution genetic map is being constructed that facilitates the localization of genes underlying quantitative and qualitative plant traits to a narrow chromosomal region. The MMP will further enhance the value of the independently-derived genetic and physical maps many fold by cross referencing them to each other to produce an integrated map of the maize genome. Last, the MMP is developing high-throughput mapping tools to increase the rate and accuracy of maize gene mapping.