Citation: Gurdev S Khush, T. Kinoshita. 1991. Rice karyotype, marker genes, and linkage groups. Pages 83-108. In: G.S. Khush and G.H. Toenniessen (Eds) Rice Biotechnology. C.A.B. International Wallingford, England and International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 933, Manila, Philippines.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, rice breeding, rice karyotype, somatic karyotype, pachytene karyotype, Nishimura’s chromosome numbering system, marker genes, gene symbolization in rice, inheritance and linkage relations, linkage groups, association of linkage groups with respective chromosomes, towards a unified system of numbering rice chromosome and linkage groups, genes for anthocyanin coloration, genes for chlorophyll aberrations, genes for short stature, genes for awns and spikelets, genes for grain size and shape, genes for endosperm traits, genes for panicle characters, genes for culm characters, genes for leaf characters, genes for physiological traits, genes for duration to heading, genes affecting reproductive traits, genes for fertility, genes for disease resistance, genes for insect resistance, genes for isozymes