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A study of the relationships of cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and its most closely related wild species using intron sequences and microsatellite markers.
Annals of botany - 1 Jan 2013
Moretzsohn Márcio C, Gouvea Ediene G, Inglis Peter W, Leal-Bertioli Soraya C M, Valls José F M, Bertioli David J
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The genus Arachis contains 80 described species. Section Arachis is of particular interest because it includes cultivated peanut, an allotetraploid, and closely related wild species, most of which are diploids. This study aimed to analyse the genetic relationships of multiple accessions of section Arachis species using two complementary methods. Microsatellites allowed the analysis of inter-...
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