Article
Niger-wide assessment of in situ sorghum genetic diversity with microsatellite markers.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 May 2008
Deu M, Sagnard F, Chantereau J, Calatayud C, Hérault D, Mariac C, Pham J-L, Vigouroux Y, Kapran I, Traore P S, Mamadou A, Gerard B, Ndjeunga J, Bezançon G
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the geographical, environmental and social patterns of genetic diversity on different spatial scales is key to the sustainable in situ management of genetic resources. However, few surveys have been conducted on crop genetic diversity using exhaustive in situ germplasm collections on a country scale and such data are missing for sorghum in sub-Saharan Africa, its centre of origin. We report here a...
Topics
- DNA, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Geography
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Niger
- Phylogeny
- Sorghum
