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Molecular dating of phylogenetic divergence between Urochloa species based on complete chloroplast genomes.
BMC genomics - 6 Jul 2017
Pessoa-Filho Marco, Martins Alexandre Magalhães, Ferreira Márcio Elias
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Forage species of Urochloa are planted in millions of hectares of tropical and subtropical pastures in South America. Most of the planted area is covered with four species (U. ruziziensis, U. brizantha, U. decumbens and U. humidicola). Breeding programs rely on interspecific hybridizations to increase genetic diversity and introgress traits of agronomic importance. Knowledge of phylogenetic...
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