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Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).
The New phytologist - 1 Apr 2010
Olson Matthew S, Robertson Amanda L, Takebayashi Naoki, Silim Salim, Schroeder William R, Tiffin Peter
Abstract excerpt
*Current perceptions that poplars have high levels of nucleotide variation, large effective population sizes, and rapid decay of linkage disequilibrium are based primarily on studies from one poplar species, Populus tremula. *We analysed 590 gene fragments (average length 565 bp) from each of 15 individuals from different populations from throughout the range of Populus balsamifera. *Nucleotide diversity...
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