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The six-rowed barley with brittle rachis Hordeum agriocrithon A.E. Åberg is a diverse taxon connected with the evolution and domestication processes in the genus Hordeum. However, the origin and patterns of taxon...
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Evolutionary relationships in the genus Secale revealed by DArTseq DNA polymorphism
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Use of inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers for discrimination between and within species of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
The present study is the first report of fingerprinting in blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae), using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. Among five primers tested, three tetranucleotide repeat primers (...