Author(s)

Martha Isabel Torres-Morán, Norma Almaraz-Abarca, Martha Escoto-Delgadillo

Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Durango, Durango, México.
Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México.

A review is presented for give information and highlights the advantage of ISTR as molecular marker which with the genome changes after manipulation or breeding intervention can be detected.

Transposable Elements; Zea mays; Agave tequilana; Agave durangensis; Molecular Markers

M. Torres-Morán, N. Almaraz-Abarca and M. Escoto-Delgadillo, "Review Article: ISTR, a Retrotransposons-Based Marker to Assess Plant Genome Variability with Special Emphasis in the Genera Zea and Agave," American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 3 No. 12A, 2012, pp. 1820-1826. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2012.312A223.