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Use of cpSSRs for the characterisation of yam phylogeny in Benin.
Genome - 1 Aug 2005
Chaïr H, Perrier X, Agbangla C, Marchand J L, Dainou O, Noyer J L
Abstract excerpt
The Dioscorea cayenensis - Dioscorea rotundata species complex is the most widely cultivated yam in West Africa. This species complex has been described as deriving from wild yams belonging to the Enanthiophyllum section through domestication by African farmers. To study patterns of yam evolution and to establish phylogenetic relationships existing between wild and cultivated species sampled in Benin, we...
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