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DNA sequence diversity and the origin of cultivated safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.; Asteraceae).
BMC plant biology - 6 Nov 2007
Chapman Mark A, Burke John M
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BACKGROUND: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a diploid oilseed crop whose origin is largely unknown. Safflower is widely believed to have been domesticated over 4,000 years ago somewhere in the Fertile Crescent. Previous hypotheses regarding the origin of safflower have focused primarily on two other species from sect. Carthamus - C. oxyacanthus and C. palaestinus - as the most likely progenitors, although...
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