Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group)
Plantains (Musa spp. AAB) are regarded as the most diverse subgroup of the triploid bananas. Initially they were classified on the basis of morphological characters. New molecular techniques are now being used to explain plantain diversity. Prior to this study no attempt has been made to merge morph...
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| author | Langhe, E. de Pillay, M. Tenkouano, A. Swennen, Rony L. |
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| description | Plantains (Musa spp. AAB) are regarded as the most diverse subgroup of the triploid bananas. Initially they were classified on the basis of morphological characters. New molecular techniques are now being used to explain plantain diversity. Prior to this study no attempt has been made to merge morphological and molecular data in classifying plantains. The objectives of this study were (i) to review the different efforts in plantain taxonomy, (ii) to apply numerical taxonomy to morphological descriptors, and (iii) to evaluate the integration of morphological and molecular data with a common numerical taxonomy method. The results indicate that numerical taxonomy can be an appropriate instrument to compare morphological and molecular data under certain conditions. In the case of plantains, the data sets obtained from morphological and molecular characteristics needs to be quite large. An incomplete match of morphological and molecular data sets could imply that some morphological characters are being influenced by the environment or that the molecular markers have not sampled critical regions of the genome. |
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| spelling | CGSpace918002024-05-15T05:11:41Z Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) Langhe, E. de Pillay, M. Tenkouano, A. Swennen, Rony L. musa plantains numerical taxonomy morphology molecular data Plantains (Musa spp. AAB) are regarded as the most diverse subgroup of the triploid bananas. Initially they were classified on the basis of morphological characters. New molecular techniques are now being used to explain plantain diversity. Prior to this study no attempt has been made to merge morphological and molecular data in classifying plantains. The objectives of this study were (i) to review the different efforts in plantain taxonomy, (ii) to apply numerical taxonomy to morphological descriptors, and (iii) to evaluate the integration of morphological and molecular data with a common numerical taxonomy method. The results indicate that numerical taxonomy can be an appropriate instrument to compare morphological and molecular data under certain conditions. In the case of plantains, the data sets obtained from morphological and molecular characteristics needs to be quite large. An incomplete match of morphological and molecular data sets could imply that some morphological characters are being influenced by the environment or that the molecular markers have not sampled critical regions of the genome. 2005-09 2018-03-23T06:48:47Z 2018-03-23T06:48:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91800 en Limited Access Springer De Langhe, E., Pillay, M., Tenkouano, A. & Swennen, R. (2005). Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 255(3-4), 225-236. |
| spellingShingle | musa plantains numerical taxonomy morphology molecular data Langhe, E. de Pillay, M. Tenkouano, A. Swennen, Rony L. Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) |
| title | Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) |
| title_full | Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) |
| title_fullStr | Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) |
| title_short | Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) |
| title_sort | integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in musa the african plantains musa spp aab group |
| topic | musa plantains numerical taxonomy morphology molecular data |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91800 |
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