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The American cranberry: first insights into the whole genome of a species adapted to bog habitat.
BMC plant biology - 13 Jun 2014
Polashock James, Zelzion Ehud, Fajardo Diego, Zalapa Juan, Georgi Laura, Bhattacharya Debashish, Vorsa Nicholi
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BACKGROUND: The American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) is one of only three widely-cultivated fruit crops native to North America- the other two are blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) and native grape (Vitis spp.). In terms of taxonomy, cranberries are in the core Ericales, an order for which genome sequence data are currently lacking. In addition, cranberries produce a host of important polyphenolic secondary...
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