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AssigneePioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
InventorsRandal Arnold, Matthew Paul Cope, Justin Schares, Yue Yun
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The invention provides methods for obtaining genetic material from plant embryos while preserving their viability as well as methods for performing a molecular analysis of plant embryos, particularly with small quantities of genetic material. The methods may include the steps of collecting shed cellular material from one or more embryos; obtaining DNA from the shed cellular material; performing a molecular analysis of the DNA; and germinating at least one of the one or more embryos. A further extension of this method includes determining whether to germinate and grow the embryo or to discard the embryo based on its genotype as part of a breeding process.
A method of selecting maize embryonic tissue to culture into a plant with a known genotype comprising:
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