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Heritable epigenetic diversity for conservation and utilization of epigenetic germplasm resources of clonal East African Highland banana (EAHB) accessions.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2020
Kitavi M, Cashell R, Ferguson M, Lorenzen J, Nyine M, McKeown P C, Spillane C
Abstract excerpt
KEY MESSAGE: Genetically identical East African Highland banana (EAHB) clones are epigenetically diverse with heritable epialleles that can contribute to morphological diversity. Heritable epigenetic variation can contribute to agronomic traits in crops and should be considered in germplasm conservation. Despite the genetic uniformity arising from a genetic bottleneck of one ancestral clone, followed by...
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