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NCGRP

National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, USA (website)

NCRPIS

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, USA (website)

Neutral marker diversity

Genetic diversity as assessed by variation in non-transcribed regions of the genome that are not known to be associated with a biological function.

NIAS

National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences Japan http://www.nias.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html

NIG

National Institute of Genetics Japan http://www.nig.ac.jp/index-e.html

Nominalistic Species Concept

A philosophy that questions the very existence of species, and believes that individuals or interbreeding populations are the only population system with any objective reality.

Normal germination

Germination in which seedlings show all essential root and shoot structures and are capable of developing into mature plants given favourable conditions.

NSGC

National Small Grains Collection, USA (website)

Nucleotide Binding Site

(NBS) A conserved domain of disease resistance genes.

Nucleotide Binding Site - Directed Profiling

A molecular marker technique that targets variation at disease resistance genes and analogues.

Sources for this glossary: IPGRI Tech. Bulletin 10: Molecular markers for genebank management and Seed handling in genebanks training course
Glossary open source software by M. Brampton

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