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A global alfalfa diversity panel reveals genomic selection signatures in Chinese varieties and genomic associations with root development.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Nov 2021
Chen Lin, He Fei, Long Ruicai, Zhang Fan, Li Mingna, Wang Zhen, Kang Junmei, Yang Qingchuan
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is an important forage crop worldwide. However, little is known about the effects of breeding status and different geographical populations on alfalfa improvement. Here, we sequenced 220 alfalfa core germplasms and determined that Chinese alfalfa cultivars form an independent group, as evidenced by comparisons of FST values between different subgroups, suggesting that geographical...
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