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The population structure and diversity of eggplant from Asia and the Mediterranean Basin.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Cericola Fabio, Portis Ezio, Toppino Laura, Barchi Lorenzo, Acciarri Nazareno, Ciriaci Tommaso, Sala Tea, Rotino Giuseppe Leonardo, Lanteri Sergio
Abstract excerpt
A collection of 238 eggplant breeding lines, heritage varieties and selections within local landraces provenanced from Asia and the Mediterranean Basin was phenotyped with respect to key plant and fruit traits, and genotyped using 24 microsatellite loci distributed uniformly throughout the genome. STRUCTURE analysis based on the genotypic data identified two major sub-groups, which to a large extent mirrored the...
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