Maintenance and expansion of genetic and trait variation following domestication in a clonal crop.
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.17033
Abstract: Clonal propagation enables favourable crop genotypes to be rapidly selected and multiplied. However, the absence of sexual propagation can lead to low genetic diversity and accumulation of deleterious mutations, which may eventually render crops less… read more here.
Keywords: domestication; crop; clonal propagation; maintenance expansion ... See more keywords