This book examines the application of soybean genome sequences to comparative structural and
functional genomics. Since the availability of the soybean genome sequence has revolutionized
molecular research on this important crop species the book also describes how the genome
sequence has shaped research on transposon biology and applications for gene identification
tilling and positional gene cloning. Further the book shows how the genome sequence influences
research in the areas of genetic mapping marker development and genome-wide association
mapping for identifying important trait genes and soybean breeding. In closing the economic
and botanical aspects of the soybean are also addressed.
