America's red gold: multiple lineages of cultivated cochineal in Mexico

Cultivated cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) produces carminic acid, a valuable red dye used to color textiles, cosmetics, and food. Extant native D. coccus is largely restricted to two populations in the Mexican and the Andean highlands, although the insect's ultimate center of domestication rema...

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Autores principales: Campana, Michael G, Robles García, Nelly M, Tuross, Noreen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4328766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25691985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1398

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4328766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25691985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1398

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