Genetic diversity and parentage in farmer varieties of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) from Honduras and Nicaragua as revealed by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 441-453

  Ji, Kun ^a,b   Zhang, Dapeng ^a   Motilal, Lambert A ^c   Boccara, Michel ^c,d   Lachenaud, Philippe ^d   Meinhardt, Lyndel W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Cacao landraces; Chocolate; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Germplasm; Mesoamerica; Molecular markers; Theobroma cacao; Tropical tree

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84873525093     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-012-9847-1     Document Type: Article

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