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Bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.), one of the Near Eastern founder crops, is an annual cleistogamous legume domesticated during the Neolithic period. Originally used for human consumption, over time it was...
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Open AccessGenome-wide analysis of LTR-retrotransposon diversity and its impact on the evolution of the genus Helianthus (L.)
Genome divergence by mobile elements activity and recombination is a continuous process that plays a key role in the evolution of species. Nevertheless, knowledge on retrotransposon-related variability among s...
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Obtainment of inter-subspecific hybrids in olive (Olea europaea L.)
To enrich the source of germplasm of cultivated olive (Olea europaea subsp. europaea L.), inter-subspecific hybrid plants have been produced by experimental crosses between several varieties of cultivated olive a...
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Analysis of transposons and repeat composition of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) genome
A sample-sequencing strategy combined with slot–blot hybridization and FISH was used to study the composition of the repetitive component of the sunflower genome. One thousand six hundred thirty-eight sequence...