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Relationship between metabolic and genomic diversity in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.).
BMC genomics - 29 May 2008
Laurentin Hernán, Ratzinger Astrid, Karlovsky Petr
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diversity estimates in cultivated plants provide a rationale for conservation strategies and support the selection of starting material for breeding programs. Diversity measures applied to crops usually have been limited to the assessment of genome polymorphism at the DNA level. Occasionally, selected morphological features are recorded and the content of key chemical constituents determined, but...
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