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Did backcrossing contribute to the origin of hybrid edible bananas?

BACKGROUND: Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide a staple food for many millions of people living in the humid tropics. The cultivated varieties (cultivars) are seedless parthenocarpic clones of which the origin remains unclear. Many are believed to be diploid and polyploid hybrids involving th...

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Autores principales: De Langhe, Edmond, Hřibová, Eva, Carpentier, Sebastien, Doležel, Jaroslav, Swennen, Rony
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcq187