Sequencing wild and cultivated cassava and related species reveals extensive interspecific hybridization and genetic diversity

V. Bredeson, Jessen; B. Lyons, Jessica; Prochnik, Simon; Albert Wu, G; M. Ha, Cindy; Edsinger, Eric; Grimwood, Jane; Schmutz, Jeremy; Rabbi, Ismail; Egesi, Chiedozie; Nauluvula, Poasa; Lebot, Vincent; Ndunguru, Joseph; Mkamilo, Geoffrey; Bart, Rebecca; L. Setter, Tim; M. Gleadow, Roslyn; Kulakow, Peter; Ferguson, Morag; Rounsley, Steve; S. Rokhsar, Daniel

doi:10.1038/nbt.3535

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Sequencing wild and cultivated cassava and related species reveals extensive interspecific hybridization and genetic diversity

Published in Nature Biotechnology • Apr 18, 2016

Authors:

Jessen V. Bredeson

Jessica B. Lyons

Simon Prochnik

Abstract

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) provides calories and nutrition for more than half a billion people. It was domesticated by native Amazonian peoples through cultivation of the wild progenitor M. esculenta ssp. flabellifolia and is now grown in tropical regions worldwide. Here we provide a high-quality g...

Subject

Domestication

Biology

Hevea brasiliensis

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