Generation of transcript assemblies and identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms from seven lowland and upland cultivars of Switchgrass

Plant Genome

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Childs, Kevin L ^a   Nandety, Aruna ^b   Hirsch, Candice N ^a   Góngora Castillo, Elsa ^a   Schmutz, Jeremy ^c,d   Kaeppler, Shawn M ^b   Casler, Michael D ^b,e   Robin Buell, C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84903698237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2013.12.0041     Document Type: Article

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