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Phenotypic effects of allotetraploidization of wild Arachis and their implications for peanut domestication.
American journal of botany - 1 Mar 2017
Leal-Bertioli Soraya C M, Moretzsohn Márcio C, Santos Silvio P, Brasileiro Ana C M, Guimarães Patrícia M, Bertioli David J, Araujo Ana Claudia G
Abstract excerpt
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Several species of Arachis have been cultivated for their edible seeds, historically and to the present day. The diploid species that have a history of cultivation show relatively small signatures of domestication. In contrast, the tetraploid species A. hypogaea evolved into highly domesticated forms and became a major world crop, the cultivated peanut. It seems likely that...
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