Evidence of apomixis in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
Apomixis maintains heterosis and avoids transmission of systemic pathogens which accompany vegetative propagation of cassava. An embryonic study of cleared ovules of two cassava clones in toto showed them to be of aposporic nature. Cytogenetic analysis of the two clones revealed an aneuploid structu...
| Main Authors: | Nassar, Nagib M.A., Vieira, Marco André R., Vieira, Clibas, Gratapaglia, Dario |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2017
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http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/25479 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47571998000400020 |
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