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    Principal Component Analysis in \u3ci\u3ePaspalum\u3c/i\u3e Germplasm Characterization

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    In a survey, through principal component analyses, for the most representative descriptors to be used in Paspalum germplasm characterization, 16 agronomic traits, 16 reproductive traits and 21 vegetative traits were evaluated in 32 accessions comprising Paspalum plicatulum (19) and Paspalum compressifolium (13) from the institutional germplasm collection. ANOVA for agronomic descriptors showed significant differences among accessions, except for percentage of dry matter in winter (DMW) which was not significant. Principal component analyses allowed reduction of 69%, 69% and 62%, respectively, in the initial number of descriptors, and the election of the most important for agronomic traits: DMYS, DMYW, RGS, CPPW and NDFW (dry matter yield in summer, dry matter yield in winter, regrowth score in summer, crude protein percentage in winter and neutral detergent fiber in winter, respectively); reproductive descriptors: NSG, PE, PFA, PS and LE (number of seeds per gram, pubescence of the escape, pubescence of the floral axis, pubescence of the spikelet and length of the escape, respectively); and vegetative descriptors: PLDI, PLL, PSDE, PINDE, LL, LWH, SWB, SWT (pubescence of leaf – distribution, pubescence of leaf – length, pubescence of sheath – density, pubescence of internode – density, leaf length, leaf width – half, sheath width – base and sheath width – top, respectively)

    Marcadores moleculares e suas aplicações no melhoramento animal

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    Marcadores genéticos têm sido elementos fundamentais nos estudos de segregação de caracteres hereditários, na análise do comportamento de genes em populações e na reconstrução da história evolutiva de populações, entre outras aplicações. Desde a descoberta do DNA, a genética molecular experimentou extraordinário avanço, que passou pelo desenvolvimento de métodos de análise da estrutura e da função do material genético, e de equipamentos com capacidade para análise automatizada de grande quantidade de amostras, até o desenvolvimento de métodos estatísticos e de ferramentas de informática, resultando na ciência conhecida como genômica
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