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Skim-Sequencing Reveals the Likely Origin of the Enigmatic Endangered Sunflower Helianthus schweinitzii.
Genes - 15 Dec 2019
Anderson Justin, Kantar Michael, Bock Dan, Grubbs Kunsiri Chaw, Schilling Edward, Rieseberg Loren
Abstract excerpt
Resolving the origin of endangered taxa is an essential component of conservation. This information can be used to guide efforts of bolstering genetic diversity, and also enables species recovery and future evolutionary studies. Here, we used low-coverage whole genome sequencing to clarify the origin of Helianthus schweinitzii, an endangered tetraploid sunflower that is endemic to the Piedmont Plateau in the...
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