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Microsatellite analysis reveals a progressive widening of the genetic basis in the elite durum wheat germplasm.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2003
Maccaferri M, Sanguineti M C, Donini P, Tuberosa R
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It has been argued that the level of genetic diversity in the modern durum wheat ( Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) elite germplasm may have declined due to the high selection pressure applied in breeding programs. In this study, 58 accessions covering a wide spectrum of genetic diversity of the cultivated durum wheat gene pool were characterized with 70 microsatellite loci (or simple sequence repeats, SSRs). On...
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