Article
Fine-scale geographical structure of genetic diversity in inland wild beet populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2009
Arnaud Jean-François, Fénart Stéphane, Godé Cécile, Deledicque Sylvie, Touzet Pascal, Cuguen Joël
Abstract excerpt
Introgression arising from crop-to-wild gene flow provides novel sources of genetic variation in plant species complexes. Hybridization within the Beta vulgaris species complex is of immediate concern; crop lineages (B. vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) hybridize easily with their wild relatives (B. vulgaris ssp. maritima) thereby threatening wild beet gene diversity with genetic swamping. Hybridization 'hotspots' occur in...
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