Complex origin of Trinitario-type Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) from Trinidad and Tobago revealed using plastid genomics

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 829-840

  Yang, Ji Yong ^a   Scascitelli, Moira ^a   Motilal, Lambert A ^b   Sveinsson, Saemundur ^a   Engels, Johannes M M ^c   Kane, Nolan C ^a   Dempewolf, Hannes ^a   Zhang, Dapeng ^d   Maharaj, Kamaldeo ^e   Cronk, Quentin C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e Ministry of Agriculture   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Microsatellites; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Theobroma cacao; Trinitario

Indexed keywords

MALVACEAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84877713755     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-013-0601-4     Document Type: Article

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