Evolution of finger millet: evidence from random amplified polymorphic DNA.

doi:10.1139/g95-028

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Evolution of finger millet: evidence from random amplified polymorphic DNA.

Genome - 1 Apr 1995

Hilu K W

Abstract excerpt

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana ssp. coracana) is an annual tetraploid member of a predominantly African genus. The crop is believed to have been domesticated from the tetraploid E. coracana ssp. africana. Cytogenetic and isozyme data point to the allopolyploid nature of the species and molecula...

Topics

DNA, Plant
Edible Grain
Genetic Variation
Isoenzymes
Phylogeny
Plant Proteins
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Species Specificity

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