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Genetic structure and diversity in Oryza sativa L.
Genetics - 1 Mar 2005
Garris Amanda J, Tai Thomas H, Coburn Jason, Kresovich Steve, McCouch Susan
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The population structure of domesticated species is influenced by the natural history of the populations of predomesticated ancestors, as well as by the breeding system and complexity of the breeding practices exercised by humans. Within Oryza sativa, there is an ancient and well-established divergence between the two major subspecies, indica and japonica, but finer levels of genetic structure are suggested by...
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