DNA from herbarium specimens settles a controversy about origins of the European potato

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-257

  Ames, Mercedes ^a   Spooner, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop origins; Cultivated potato; Solanaceae; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DNA; DOMINANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GERMPLASM; HERBARIUM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POTATO; TYPE SPECIMEN;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 38849132739     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.95.2.252     Document Type: Article

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