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SSR analysis of the Medicago truncatula SARDI core collection reveals substantial diversity and unusual genotype dispersal throughout the Mediterranean basin.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Mar 2006
Ellwood S R, D'Souza N K, Kamphuis L G, Burgess T I, Nair R M, Oliver R P
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The world's oldest and largest Medicago truncatula collection is housed at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). We used six simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci to analyse the genetic diversity and relationships between randomly selected individuals from 192 accessions in the core collection. M. truncatula is composed of three subspecies (ssp.): ssp. truncatula, ssp. longeaculeata, and...
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