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KeyGene broadens the scope and portfolio of its Sequence Based Genotyping patents


Wageningen, The Netherlands
April 29, 2014

Today, KeyGene announces publication of United States patent 8,685,889 entitled "Strategies for High Throughput Identification and Detection of Polymorphism ", protecting large-scale discovery and genotyping of genetic markers. The patented methods utilize complexity reduction techniques to create and sequence genome fractions, allowing discovery and scoring of vast amounts of genetic markers in a very cost-effective manner. This patent is significant for methods named Restriction-associated DNA (RAD), Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS), and its variants double digest RAD (ddRAD) and double digest GBS (ddGBS). The patent expands the proprietary technology base of KeyGene's Accelerated Molecular Breeding platform and strengthens its leading position as innovator in Sequence-Based Genotyping (SBG) methods. KeyGene is committed to offer its clients these proprietary methods via contract research, services and research kits and also provides licenses and accompanying training and expertise transfer for commercial or research purposes.

"We are very pleased by the grant of this patent in our portfolio of SBG methods", states Michiel van Eijk, CSO of KeyGene. "SBG methods are widely used to characterize germplasm diversity and are very powerful to improve crops and other organisms using molecular markers. This will result in the development of improved crops that are better adapted to climate change or have a higher yield or better yield stability. In this way, KeyGene and its partners from the seed industry develop new seeds that give rise to better crops for a better world.”

25 years of sustainable molecular genetic innovations for crop improvement
KeyGene is a privately owned, innovative molecular genetics Ag Biotech company with a primary focus on the improvement of 6F (Food, Feed, Fiber, Fuel, Flowers and Fun) crops. KeyGene’s passion is a Green Gene Revolution approach to explore and exploit natural genetic variation in vegetable and other 6F crops. KeyGene delivers sustainable responses to the world’s needs for yield stability & quality of vegetable and field crops. KeyGene supports its strategic partners with cutting edge breeding technologies and plant-based trait platforms, with more than 135 employees from all over the world, with state of the art facilities and equipment. KeyGene has its headquarters in Wageningen, the Netherlands, a subsidiary in Rockville, USA and a Joint Lab with the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences in Shanghai, China.



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Published: April 29, 2014

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