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Genetic evidence that Chinese chestnut cultivars in Japan are derived from two divergent genetic structures that originated in China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Nishio Sogo, Ruan Shuan, Sawamura Yutaka, Terakami Shingo, Takada Norio, Takeuchi Yukie, Saito Toshihiro, Inoue Eiich
Abstract excerpt
The Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima Bl.) was introduced into Japan about 100 years ago. Since then, a number of Chinese chestnut cultivars and Japanese-Chinese hybrid cultivars have been selected by farmers and plant breeders, but little information has been available about their origins and genetic relationships. A classification based on simple sequence repeat markers was conducted using 230 cultivars...
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