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Evidence of a secondary grapevine domestication centre detected by SSR analysis.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Nov 2003
Grassi F, Labra M, Imazio S, Spada A, Sgorbati S, Scienza A, Sala F
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The origin of the grapevine was investigated with archaeobotanical, cultural and historical data. A primary domestication centre was located in the Near East region but there is no agreement on the existence or role of secondary domestication centres. In this work, PCR-based microsatellite analysis has been applied to study the origin of some Italian cultivated grapevines from in situ direct domestication of the...
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