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Draft genome sequence of subterranean clover, a reference for genus Trifolium.
Scientific reports - 22 Aug 2016
Hirakawa Hideki, Kaur Parwinder, Shirasawa Kenta, Nichols Phillip, Nagano Soichiro, Appels Rudi, Erskine William, Isobe Sachiko N
Abstract excerpt
Clovers (genus Trifolium) are widely cultivated across the world as forage legumes and make a large contribution to livestock feed production and soil improvement. Subterranean clover (T. subterraneum L.) is well suited for genomic and genetic studies as a reference species in the Trifolium genus, because it is an annual with a simple genome structure (autogamous and diploid), unlike the other economically...
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