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The current research and mapping of many of these can be found at http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/index.php. Some desired traits are “growth, frost tolerance, wood properties, vegetative propagation, leaf oil composition and disease resistance,” (Ruane & Sonnino). The greatest advantage to MAS in forestry comes from the fact that MAS allows early selection. This means that the trees do not have to be planted and observed, because all the science occurs while the trees are seedlings in a lab. (Citation 3)
MAS is relatively new in the area of forestry because breeders tend to want to have large genetic variation in trees in case they need to adapt to the environment, such as changes in climate, or new disease. However, markers have been found for traits such as tree growth and quality of wood, and more research is being done than ever before.
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RAPDs, RFLPs, AFLPs, and SSRs have been used to map the genes of many economically important trees such as the pine tree or the acacia tree.
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