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Identification of QTL controlling domestication-related traits in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp).
Scientific reports - 19 Apr 2018
Lo Sassoum, Muñoz-Amatriaín María, Boukar Ousmane, Herniter Ira, Cisse Ndiaga, Guo Yi-Ning, Roberts Philip A, Xu Shizhong, Fatokun Christian, Close Timothy J
Abstract excerpt
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is a warm-season legume with a genetically diverse gene-pool composed of wild and cultivated forms. Cowpea domestication involved considerable phenotypic changes from the wild progenitor, including reduction of pod shattering, increased organ size, and changes in flowering time. Little is known about the genetic basis underlying these changes. In this study, 215 recombinant...
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