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Evaluation of diversity among common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from two centers of domestication using 'omics' technologies.
BMC genomics - 2 Dec 2010
Mensack Meghan M, Fitzgerald Vanessa K, Ryan Elizabeth P, Lewis Matthew R, Thompson Henry J, Brick Mark A
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BACKGROUND: Genetic diversity among wild accessions and cultivars of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) has been characterized using plant morphology, seed protein allozymes, random amplified polymorphic DNA, restriction fragment length polymorphisms, DNA sequence analysis, chloroplast DNA, and microsatellite markers. Yet, little is known about whether these traits, which distinguish among genetically distinct...
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