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Genotyping-by-sequencing in an orphan plant species Physocarpus opulifolius helps identify the evolutionary origins of the genus Prunus.
BMC research notes - 11 May 2016
Buti Matteo, Sargent Daniel J, Mhelembe Khethani G, Delfino Pietro, Tobutt Kenneth R, Velasco Riccardo
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BACKGROUND: The Rosaceae family encompasses numerous genera exhibiting morphological diversification in fruit types and plant habit as well as a wide variety of chromosome numbers. Comparative genomics between various Rosaceous genera has led to the hypothesis that the ancestral genome of the family contained nine chromosomes, however, the synteny studies performed in the Rosaceae to date encompass species with...
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