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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Pioneer HI Bred International Inc, Johnston, IA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., , IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/13 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention includes methods for obtaining samples of maternal tissue from seeds, obtaining genetic material from the maternal seed tissue, and performing a molecular analysis on the genetic material from the maternal seed tissue to determine maternal lineage of a single seed. The invention also includes methods for establishing a consensus maternal genotype from maternal seed tissues obtained from multiple seeds as well as methods for determining paternal lineage.