Plants have been central to genetics, dating back to their use by Gregor Mendel to establish the laws of inheritance of genetic traits. Since the discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and the abilities to transform species, including plants, with...

Classical genetics consists of the techniques and methodologies of genetics that predate the advent of molecular biology. A key discovery of classical genetics in eukaryotes was genetic linkage. The observation that some genes do not segregate...