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Evidence of the domestication history of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) from genetic diversity of the sad2 locus.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Dec 2005
Allaby Robin G, Peterson Gregory W, Merriwether David Andrew, Fu Yong-Bi
Abstract excerpt
A phylogenetic analysis was conducted on 34 alleles of 2.5 kb sized stearoyl-ACP desaturase II (sad2), obtained from 30 accessions of cultivated and pale flax (Linum spp.), to elucidate the history of flax domestication. The analysis supports a single domestication origin for extant cultivated fl...
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