Population genomic analyses of the chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao L., provide insights into its domestication process

Communications Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Cornejo, Omar E ^a,b   Yee, Muh Ching ^b,c   Dominguez, Victor ^d   Andrews, Mary ^d   Sockell, Alexandra ^b   Strandberg, Erika ^b   Livingstone, Donald ^e,f   Stack, Conrad ^e   Romero, Alberto ^e   Umaharan, Pathmanathan ^g   Royaert, Stefan ^e   Tawari, Nilesh R ^h   Ng, Pauline ^h   Gutierrez, Osman ⁱ   Phillips, Wilbert ^j   Mockaitis, Keithanne ^d   Bustamante, Carlos D ^b   Motamayor, Juan C ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MARS INC   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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

^h GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^j CATIE   (Costa Rica)

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EID: 85055136884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23993642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0168-6     Document Type: Article

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