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Multiple post-domestication origins of kabuli chickpea through allelic variation in a diversification-associated transcription factor.
The New phytologist - 1 Sept 2016
Varma Penmetsa R, Carrasquilla-Garcia Noelia, Bergmann Emily M, Vance Lisa, Castro Brenna, Kassa Mulualem T, Sarma Birinchi K, Datta Subhojit, Farmer Andrew D, Baek Jong-Min, Coyne Clarice J, Varshney Rajeev K, von Wettberg Eric J B, Cook Douglas R
Abstract excerpt
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is among the founder crops domesticated in the Fertile Crescent. One of two major forms of chickpea, the so-called kabuli type, has white flowers and light-colored seed coats, properties not known to exist in the wild progenitor. The origin of the kabuli form has been enigmatic. We genotyped a collection of wild and cultivated chickpea genotypes with 538 single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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