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An analysis of genetic diversity across the maize genome using microsatellites.
Genetics - 1 Mar 2005
Vigouroux Yves, Mitchell Sharon, Matsuoka Yoshihiro, Hamblin Martha, Kresovich Stephen, Smith J Stephen C, Jaqueth Jennifer, Smith Oscar S, Doebley John
Abstract excerpt
How domestication bottlenecks and artificial selection shaped the amount and distribution of genetic variation in the genomes of modern crops is poorly understood. We analyzed diversity at 462 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) or microsatellites spread throughout the maize genome and compared the diversity observed at these SSRs in maize to that observed in its wild progenitor, teosinte. The results reveal a modest...
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