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Maintenance and expansion of genetic and trait variation following domestication in a clonal crop.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2023
White Oliver W, Biswas Manosh Kumar, Abebe Wendawek M, Dussert Yann, Kebede Firew, Nichols Richard A, Buggs Richard J A, Demissew Sebsebe, Woldeyes Feleke, Papadopulos Alexander S T, Schwarzacher Trude, Heslop-Harrison Pat J S, Wilkin Paul, Borrell James S
Abstract excerpt
Clonal propagation enables favourable crop genotypes to be rapidly selected and multiplied. However, the absence of sexual propagation can lead to low genetic diversity and accumulation of deleterious mutations, which may eventually render crops less resilient to pathogens or environmental change. To better understand this trade-off, we characterize the domestication and contemporary genetic diversity of Enset...
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