US PATENT SUBCLASS 800 / 267
.~.~ Molecular marker is used

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800 /   HD   MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS AND UNMODIFIED PARTS THEREOF AND RELATED PROCESSES

260  DF  METHOD OF USING A PLANT OR PLANT PART IN A BREEDING PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES A STEP OF SEXUAL HYBRIDIZATION {11}
266  DF  .~ Method of breeding involving a genotypic or phenotypic marker {1}
267.~.~ Molecular marker is used

DEFINITION

Classification: 800/267

Molecular marker is used:

(under subclass 266) Method which includes the linkage of one or more specific phenotypic traits with one or more genotypic markers such as the linkage of the phenotypic trait "yield" via RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) markers to corresponding segments of the plant genome.

(1) Note. A variant allele may be a molecular marker for the purposes of this subclass.