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Adding value to cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) germplasm information with domestication history and admixture mapping.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Mar 2007
Marcano Maria, Pugh Tatiana, Cros Emile, Morales Sonia, Portillo Páez Elvis A, Courtois Brigitte, Glaszmann Jean Christophe, Engels Jan M M, Phillips Wilbert, Astorga Carlos, Risterucci Ange Marie, Fouet Olivier, González Ventura, Rosenberg Kai, Vallat Isabelle, Dagert Manuel, Lanaud Claire
Abstract excerpt
A sound understanding of crop history can provide the basis for deriving novel genetic information through admixture mapping. We confirmed this, by using characterization data from an international collection of cocoa, collected 25 years ago, and from a contemporary plantation. We focus on the trees derived from three centuries of admixture between Meso-American Criollo and South American Forastero genomes. In...
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