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Introgression potential between safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) and wild relatives of the genus Carthamus.
BMC plant biology - 14 Mar 2011
Mayerhofer Marion, Mayerhofer Reinhold, Topinka Deborah, Christianson Jed, Good Allen G
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BACKGROUND: Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, is a thistle that is grown commercially for the production of oil and birdseed and recently, as a host for the production of transgenic pharmaceutical proteins. C. tinctorius can cross with a number of its wild relatives, creating the possibility of gene flow from safflower to weedy species. In this study we looked at the introgression potential between different...
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