The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation

East African Highland bananas (EAHBs) are a subgroup of triploid (AAA genome) bananas of importance to food security in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Little is known about their genetic variation, population structure and evolutionary history. Ninety phenotypically diverse EAHB cultivars were ge...

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Main Authors:	Kitavi, M., Downing, T., Lorenzen, J.H., Karamura, D., Onyango, M., Nyine, M., Ferguson, Morag E., Spillane, Charles
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer 2016
Subjects:	bananas food security
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70223