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Positive features
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visible
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easy to detect
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utilized before the latest techniques were available
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quick assay with many markers
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well-distributed within the genome, many polymorphisms
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Negative features
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possibly negative linkage to other charac-ters
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possibly tissue-specific
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radio-activity required, rather expensive
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high basic investment, patented
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long development of the marker, expensive
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