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Indications for Three Independent Domestication Events for the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) and New Insights into the Origin of Tea Germplasm in China and India Revealed by Nuclear Microsatellites.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Meegahakumbura M K, Wambulwa M C, Thapa K K, Li M M, Möller M, Xu J C, Yang J B, Liu B Y, Ranjitkar S, Liu J, Li D Z, Gao L M
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BACKGROUND: Tea is the world's most popular non-alcoholic beverage. China and India are known to be the largest tea producing countries and recognized as the centers for the domestication of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). However, molecular studies on the origin, domestication and relationships of the main teas, China type, Assam type and Cambod type are lacking. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:...
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