Table 1. Types of natural and induced mutations or polymorphisms and their detection methods.
Source of Mutation | Agent/cause | Effect of Mutation | Mutation Detection Technique | Remarks | References |
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Natural | |||||
Diverse | Point mutation | EcoTILLING, GBS, RAD | [37-39] | ||
Diverse | INDELs | AFLP, SSR | [35, 85] | ||
Induced | |||||
Random mutation | Chemicals (EMS, NaN3, MNU, ENU) | Point mutation | Mutmap, Map-based | Forward-genetics | [40] |
Chemical or physical | Point mutation | TILLING | Reverse genetics | [19] | |
Ionizing radiation (x-ray, gamma-ray | DNA strand breakage | ||||
Fast neutron | Large DNA damage | Deleteagene | [17] | ||
Non-ionizing radiation (UV) | Pyrimidine dimer | ||||
Insertional mutagenesis (T-DNA) | TAIL-PCR | [41] | |||
Targeted mutation (Genome editing) | Meganuclease | DSB & repair | [21] | ||
ZFN | DSB & repair | [22, 23] | |||
TALEN | DSB & repair | [24, 25] | |||
CRISPR/Cas9 | DSB & repair | [26-28] |