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A search for diagnostic AFLP markers in Cichorium species with emphasis on endive and chicory cultivar groups.
Genome - 1 Jun 2000
Kiers A M, Mes T H, van der Meijden R, Bachmann K
Abstract excerpt
The genus Cichorium consists of two widely cultivated species C. intybus (chicory) and C. endivia (endive) and four wild species, C. bottae, C. spinosum, C. calvum, and C. pumilum. A multivariate and an UPGMA (unweighted pair group method average) analysis based on AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) markers were used to establish the genetic relationships among the species and cultivar groups of C....
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