Genome sequencing of the staple food crop white Guinea yam enables the development of a molecular marker for sex determination

Background Root and tuber crops are a major food source in tropical Africa. Among these crops are several species in the monocotyledonous genus Dioscorea collectively known as yam, a staple tuber crop that contributes enormously to the subsistence and socio-cultural lives of millions of people, pri...

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Main Authors:	Tamiru, M., Natsume, S., Takagi, H., White, B., Yaegashi, H., Shimizu, M., Yoshida, K., Uemura, A., Oikawa, K., Abe, A., Urasaki, N., Matsumura, H, Babil, P., Yamanaka, S., Matsumoto, R., Muranaka, S., Girma, G., López Montes, Antonio José, Gedil, Melaku A, Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Abberton, Michael T., Kumar, P. Lava, Rabbi, Ismail Y., Tsujimura, M., Terachi, T., Haerty, W., Corpas, M., Kamoun, S., Kahl, G., Asiedu, Robert, Terauchi, R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer 2017
Subjects:	yams dioscorea sex determination food security genome molecular marker guinea yam whole-genome sequence dioecy
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89726