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Nuclear species-diagnostic SNP markers mined from 454 amplicon sequencing reveal admixture genomic structure of modern citrus varieties.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Curk Franck, Ancillo Gema, Ollitrault Frédérique, Perrier Xavier, Jacquemoud-Collet Jean-Pierre, Garcia-Lor Andres, Navarro Luis, Ollitrault Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Most cultivated Citrus species originated from interspecific hybridisation between four ancestral taxa (C. reticulata, C. maxima, C. medica, and C. micrantha) with limited further interspecific recombination due to vegetative propagation. This evolution resulted in admixture genomes with frequent interspecific heterozygosity. Moreover, a major part of the phenotypic diversity of edible citrus results from the...
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