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A test of taxonomic and biogeographic predictivity: resistance to soft rot in wild relatives of cultivated potato.
Phytopathology - 1 Feb 2011
Chung Yong Suk, Holmquist Karsten, Spooner David M, Jansky Shelley H
Abstract excerpt
The concept that traits should be associated with related organisms and that nearby populations of the same species are likely to be more similar to each other than to populations spread far apart has long been accepted. Consequently, taxonomic relationships and biogeographical data are commonly believed to have the power to predict the distribution of disease resistance genes among plant species. In this study,...
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