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Development and characterization of 1,827 expressed sequence tag-derived simple sequence repeat markers for ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaud).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Liu Touming, Zhu Siyuan, Fu Lili, Tang Qingming, Yu Yongting, Chen Ping, Luan Mingbao, Wang Changbiao, Tang Shouwei
Abstract excerpt
Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaud) is one of the most important natural fiber crops, and improvement of fiber yield and quality is the main goal in efforts to breed superior cultivars. However, efforts aimed at enhancing the understanding of ramie genetics and developing more effective breeding strategies have been hampered by the shortage of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. In our previous study, we had...
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