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A framework genetic map for Miscanthus sinensis from RNAseq-based markers shows recent tetraploidy.
BMC genomics - 24 Apr 2012
Swaminathan Kankshita, Chae Won Byoung, Mitros Therese, Varala Kranthi, Xie Liang, Barling Adam, Glowacka Katarzyna, Hall Megan, Jezowski Stanislaw, Ming Ray, Hudson Matthew, Juvik John A, Rokhsar Daniel S, Moose Stephen P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Miscanthus (subtribe Saccharinae, tribe Andropogoneae, family Poaceae) is a genus of temperate perennial C4 grasses whose high biomass production makes it, along with its close relatives sugarcane and sorghum, attractive as a biofuel feedstock. The base chromosome number of Miscanthus (x = 19) is different from that of other Saccharinae and approximately twice that of the related Sorghum bicolor (x =...
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