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A Genome-Wide Survey of Date Palm Cultivars Supports Two Major Subpopulations in Phoenix dactylifera.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 8 May 2015
Mathew Lisa S, Seidel Michael A, George Binu, Mathew Sweety, Spannagl Manuel, Haberer Georg, Torres Maria F, Al-Dous Eman K, Al-Azwani Eman K, Diboun Ilhem, Krueger Robert R, Mayer Klaus F X, Mohamoud Yasmin Ali, Suhre Karsten, Malek Joel A
Abstract excerpt
The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is one of the oldest cultivated trees and is intimately tied to the history of human civilization. There are hundreds of commercial cultivars with distinct fruit shapes, colors, and sizes growing mainly in arid lands from the west of North Africa to India. The origin of date palm domestication is still uncertain, and few studies have attempted to document genetic diversity...
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