Conservation of allelic richness in wild crop relatives is aided by assessment of genetic markers.

doi:10.1073/pnas.90.22.10623

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Conservation of allelic richness in wild crop relatives is aided by assessment of genetic markers.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Nov 1993

Schoen D J, Brown A H

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Wild crop relatives are an important source of genetic variation for improving domesticated species. Given limited resources, methods for maximizing the genetic diversity of collections of wild relatives are needed to help spread protection over a larger number of populations and species. Simulat...

Topics

Agriculture
Alleles
Fabaceae
Genetics, Population
Gossypium
Models, Theoretical
Plants
Plants, Medicinal
Polymorphism, Genetic
Triticum
Zea mays

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