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A test of taxonomic and biogeographic predictivity: resistance to Potato virus Y in wild relatives of the cultivated potato.
Phytopathology - 1 Sept 2011
Cai X K, Spooner D M, Jansky S H
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A major justification for taxonomic research is its assumed ability to predict the presence of traits in a group for which the trait has been observed in a representative subset of the group. Similarly, populations in similar environments are expected to be more alike than populations in divergent environments. Consequently, it is logical to assume that taxonomic relationships and biogeographical data have the...
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