The impact of sample selection strategies on genetic diversity and representativeness in germplasm bank collections

Abstract Background Germplasm banks maintain collections representing the most comprehensive catalogue of native genetic diversity available for crop improvement. Users of germplasm banks are interested in a fixed number of samples representing as broadly as possible the diversity present in the wid...

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Main Authors: Jorge Franco-Duran, José Crossa, Jiafa Chen, Sarah Jane Hearne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-2142-y