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Origin and expansion of the allotetraploid Aegilops geniculata, a wild relative of wheat.
The New phytologist - 1 Sept 2010
Arrigo Nils, Felber François, Parisod Christian, Buerki Sven, Alvarez Nadir, David Jacques, Guadagnuolo Roberto
Abstract excerpt
*This study reconstructs the phylogeography of Aegilops geniculata, an allotetraploid relative of wheat, to discuss the impact of past climate changes and recent human activities (e.g. the early expansion of agriculture) on the genetic diversity of ruderal plant species. *We combined chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) sequencing, analysed using statistical parsimony network, with nonhierarchical K-means clustering of...
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