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Disentangling the origins of cultivated sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Roullier Caroline, Duputié Anne, Wennekes Paul, Benoit Laure, Fernández Bringas Víctor Manuel, Rossel Genoveva, Tay David, McKey Doyle, Lebot Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., Convolvulaceae) counts among the most widely cultivated staple crops worldwide, yet the origins of its domestication remain unclear. This hexaploid species could have had either an autopolyploid origin, from the diploid I. trifida, or an allopolyploid origin, involving genomes of I. trifida and I. triloba. We generated molecular genetic data for a broad sample of...
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