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SNPs, SSRs and inferences on cassava's origin.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Nov 2004
Olsen Kenneth M
Abstract excerpt
Despite its importance as a staple food throughout the tropics, the root crop cassava (it Manihot esculenta ssp. esculenta) has traditionally not been a major focus of research. One basic question about cassava that remained unresolved until recently concerns the crop's origin. This paper describes analyses of SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and SSR (simple sequence repeat) variation as a means of tracing...
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