The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants
International audience; Bananas (Musa spp.), including dessert and cooking types, are giant perennial monocotyledonous herbs of the order Zingiberales, a sister group to the well-studied Poales, which include cereals. Bananas are vital for food security in many tropical and subtropical countries and the most popular fruit in industrialized countries. The Musa domestication process started some 7,000 years ago in Southeast Asia. It involved hybridizations between diverse species and subspecies, fostered by human migrations, and selection of diploid and triploid seedless, parthenocarpic hybrids... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Schlagwörter: | Netherlands / Knowmad Institut / Multidisciplinary |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/92017 |