Genetic analysis, forward

Forward Genetic Analysis of Plant-parasitic Nematode-Host Interactions... 

The rapid calculation of these estimates of survival and forward-mutation frequency is important for making a decision as to whether the experiment has been successful and purple colonies should be reserved for genetic analysis or whether the experiment needs to be repeated and the purple colonies discarded. 

Discrete Methods of Analysis of Forward Chemical-genetic Data... 

Beutler B 2005 The Toll-like receptors analysis by forward genetic methods. Immunogenetics... 

For many plant hormones, the use of forward genetic approaches has enabled the identification of the direct target proteins (also known as receptors) and other components of their signaling pathway. Along these lines, researchers screened for plant mutants that were insensitive to the corresponding phytohormone and - after analysis of these mutants - were able to identify key components of the corresponding signaling pathway [2]. 

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