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Oilseed rape: learning about ancient and recent polyploid evolution from a recent crop species.
Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) - 1 Nov 2016
Mason A S, Snowdon R J
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Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is one of our youngest crop species, arising several times under cultivation in the last few thousand years and completely unknown in the wild. Oilseed rape originated from hybridisation events between progenitor diploid species B. rapa and B. oleracea, both important vegetable species. The diploid progenitors are also ancient polyploids, with remnants of two previous...
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