Molecular basis of African yam domestication: analyses of selection point to root development, starch biosynthesis, and photosynthesis related genes

Abstract Background After cereals, root and tuber crops are the main source of starch in the human diet. Starch biosynthesis was certainly a significant target for selection during the domestication of these crops. But domestication of these root and tubers crops is also associated with gigantism of...

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Published in:	BMC Genomics
Main Authors:	Roland Akakpo, Nora Scarcelli, Hana Chaïr, Alexandre Dansi, Gustave Djedatin, Anne-Céline Thuillet, Bénédicte Rhoné, Olivier François, Karine Alix, Yves Vigouroux
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-10-01
Subjects:	Domestication Dioscorea spp. Adaptation Population genomics, selection Root development Starch biosynthesis
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4143-2

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