| RefNo | EC/2009/52 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Tanksley, Steven: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 14 May 2009 |
| Description | Certificate of Candidate for Election to the Foreign Membership
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| Citation | Steve Tanksley is a world leader in plant genome research. He was the first to use DNA probes as molecular markers in plants and made the first molecular marker maps of tomato and rice. Tanksley also made the first observations of synteny in dicots by aligning the chromosome maps of tomato and potato and later demonstrated the same phenomenon in rice and maize. Tanksley has also led in a host of areas including: map-based cloning of disease resistance genes; identification and use of novel variation from wild relatives; manipulation of QTLs in plant breeding and genetic dissection of tomato fruit size and quality. These demonstrations in rice and tomato catalyzed a worldwide cascade of analogous experiments in a wide range of crop species and have revolutionised modern approaches to crop improvement by breeding. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Printed |
| AccessStatus | Closed |