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Geographic and altitudinal allozyme variation in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) landraces from Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Hereditas - 1 Jan 2001
Ayana A, Bryngelsson T, Bekele E
Abstract excerpt
The amount and distribution of genetic variation was investigated in 48 sorghum landrace accessions, representing 13 regions of origin and three adaptation zones (lowland, intermediate and highland elevation) in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Assaying 11 enzymes systems, 23 putative loci were scored for a total of 27 alleles. Nineteen loci were monomorphic and fixed for the same allele, while the remaining 4 loci, each...
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