Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, genetic resources: Origin of the crop, its evolution and relationships with wild relatives

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 298-305

  Nassar, Nagib M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apomixis origin; Centers of diversity; Electrophoresis; Evolution; Interspecific hybridization; Polyploidy; Unreduced gametes

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CROP; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION;

MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EVOLUTION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MANIHOT; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 2442444083     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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