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Character changes and Transcriptomic analysis of a cassava sexual Tetraploid.
BMC plant biology - 19 Apr 2021
Chen Xia, Lai Hanggui, Li Ruimei, Yao Yuan, Liu Jiao, Yuan Shuai, Fu Shaoping, Hu Xinwen, Guo Jianchun
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BACKGROUND: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important food crop known for its high starch content. Polyploid breeding is effective in its genetic improvement, and use of 2n gametes in sexual polyploid breeding is one of the potential methods for cassava breeding and improvement. In our study, the cassava sexual tetraploid (ST), which carries numerous valuable traits, was successfully generated by...
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