Geographic differences in patterns of genetic differentiation among bitter and sweet manioc (Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta; Euphorbiaceae)

• Premise of the study: Manioc (Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta), one of the most important tropical food crops, is commonly divided according to cyanide content into two use-categories, “sweet” and “bitter.” While bitter and sweet varieties are genetically differentiated at the local scale, whet...

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Published in:	American journal of botany Vol. 100; no. 5; pp. 857 - 866
Main Authors:	Bradbury, E. Jane, Duputié, Anne, Delêtre, Marc, Roullier, Caroline, Narváez-Trujillo, Alexandra, Manu-Aduening, Joseph A, Emshwiller, Eve, McKey, Doyle
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Botanical Society of America 01-05-2013 Botanical Society of America, Inc
Subjects:	Africa Alleles Bayesian analysis Botany Cassava clones cluster analysis Crop management crop migration cyanides cyanogenesis Demography domestication Economic Botany ethnobotany Euphorbiaceae Farmers farms Flowers & plants Food crops Genetic Variation Genetics Genotypes geographical variation hybridization landraces Manihot - genetics Manihot esculenta microsatellite loci microsatellite repeats Multivariate analysis Phylogeography population structure roots small‐holder agriculture South America Sustainable agriculture tropical foods Ecuador Gabon Cameroon Vanuatu Ghana French Guiana South America Africa microsatellite loci crop management population structure cassava domestication Euphorbiaceae crop migration small-holder agriculture cyanogenesis
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