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A gene-rich linkage map in the dioecious species Actinidia chinensis (kiwifruit) reveals putative X/Y sex-determining chromosomes.
BMC genomics - 10 Mar 2009
Fraser Lena G, Tsang Gianna K, Datson Paul M, De Silva H Nihal, Harvey Catherine F, Gill Geoffrey P, Crowhurst Ross N, McNeilage Mark A
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BACKGROUND: The genus Actinidia (kiwifruit) consists of woody, scrambling vines, native to China, and only recently propagated as a commercial crop. All species described are dioecious, but the genetic mechanism for sex-determination is unknown, as is the genetic basis for many of the cluster of characteristics making up the unique fruit. It is, however, an important crop in the New Zealand economy, and a...
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