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Genetic mapping and identification of QTL for earliness in the globe artichoke/cultivated cardoon complex.
BMC research notes - 23 May 2012
Portis Ezio, Scaglione Davide, Acquadro Alberto, Mauromicale Giovanni, Mauro Rosario, Knapp Steven J, Lanteri Sergio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Asteraceae species Cynara cardunculus (2n = 2x = 34) includes the two fully cross-compatible domesticated taxa globe artichoke (var. scolymus L.) and cultivated cardoon (var. altilis DC). As both are out-pollinators and suffer from marked inbreeding depression, linkage analysis has focussed on the use of a two way pseudo-test cross approach. RESULTS: A set of 172 microsatellite (SSR) loci derived...
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