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Genetic drift, historic migration, and limited gene flow contributing to the subpopulation divergence in wild sea beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2024
Tehseen Muhammad Massub, Wyatt Nathan A, Bolton Melvin D, Fugate Karen K, Preister Lisa S, Yang Shengming, Ramachandran Vanitharani, Li Xuehui, Chu Chenggen
Abstract excerpt
Cultivated beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris) originated from sea beet (B. vulgaris ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang), a wild beet species widely distributed along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, as well as northern Africa. Understanding the evolution of sea beet will facilitate its efficient use in sugarbeet improvement. We used SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) covering the whole genome...
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