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Effects of domesticated-to-wild gene flow on the genetic structure and diversity of wild papaya (Carica papaya L.) in its Mesoamerican diversity area.
Genetica - 12 Dec 2024
Heredia-Pech Mauricio, Martínez-Castillo Jaime, Martínez-Natarén Daniela A, Ruiz-Gil Pedro, Jiménez-Rojas Mónica I, Ortiz-García Matilde M, Chávez-Pesqueira Mariana
Abstract excerpt
Due to the increase in demand for food production worldwide, the cultivation of improved varieties is used as a strategy in order to maximize production. The improved Maradol papaya variety was introduced to the Yucatan Peninsula (YP), Mexico, the Mesoamerican diversity area of papaya, in the 1990s. The domesticated and wild papaya belong to the same species (Carica papaya L.), which promotes gene flow from crops...
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