marker-assisted selection in wheat - ictsd

186Marker-assisted selection – Current status and future perspectives in crops, livestock, forestry and fishSummaryAmong livestock species, chicken has the most extensive genomics toolbox available fordetection of quantitative trait loci (QTL) and marker-assisted selection (MAS). The uptakeof MAS is therefore not limited by technical resources but mostly by the priorities andfinancial constraints of the few remaining poultry breeding companies. With the cost ofgenotyping decreasing rapidly, an increase in the use of direct trait- single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)-associations in MAS can be predicted.