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Breeding cassava for apomixis.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 30 Dec 2005
Nassar Nagib M A, Collevatti Rosane G
Abstract excerpt
Apomixis genes have been successfully transferred to cassava (Manihot esculenta) by hybridizing it with the wild species, M. glaziovii. The interspecific hybrid of cassava and M. glaziovii was exposed to open pollination during three subsequent generations. Seven sibs and the maternal progenitor of the fourth generation were genotyped using five microsatellite loci previously developed for cassava. All sibs were...
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