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Evolution and taxonomic split of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon.
Annals of botany - 1 Feb 2012
Catalán Pilar, Müller Jochen, Hasterok Robert, Jenkins Glyn, Mur Luis A J, Langdon Tim, Betekhtin Alexander, Siwinska Dorota, Pimentel Manuel, López-Alvarez Diana
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Brachypodium distachyon is being widely investigated across the world as a model plant for temperate cereals. This annual plant has three cytotypes (2n = 10, 20, 30) that are still regarded as part of a single species. Here, a multidisciplinary study has been conducted on a representative sampling of the three cytotypes to investigate their evolutionary relationships and origins, and to...
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