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Gene-based microsatellites for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz): prevalence, polymorphisms, and cross-taxa utility.
BMC plant biology - 11 Sept 2009
Raji Adebola Aj, Anderson James V, Kolade Olufisayo A, Ugwu Chike D, Dixon Alfred Go, Ingelbrecht Ivan L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a starchy root crop grown in tropical and subtropical climates, is the sixth most important crop in the world after wheat, rice, maize, potato and barley. The repertoire of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for cassava is limited and warrants a need for a larger number of polymorphic SSRs for germplasm characterization and breeding applications. RESULTS: A total...
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