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Grouping of accessions of Mexican races of maize revisited with SSR markers.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jul 2006
Reif J C, Warburton M L, Xia X C, Hoisington D A, Crossa J, Taba S, Muminović J, Bohn M, Frisch M, Melchinger A E
Abstract excerpt
Mexican races of maize (Zea mays L.) represent a valuable genetic resource for breeding and genetic surveys. We applied simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers to characterize 25 accessions of races of maize from Mexico. Our objectives were to (1) study the molecular genetic diversity within and among these accessions and (2) examine their relationships as assumed previously on the basis of morphological data. A...
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