Geographical distribution of genetic diversity in Secale landrace and wild accessions

Conclusions: With the exception of S. strictum and S. africanum different rye taxa share the majority of the genetic variation. Due to the vast sharing of genetic diversity within the S. cereale clade, ascertainment bias seems to be a lesser problem in rye than in predominantly selfing species. By exploiting within accession diversity geographic structure can be shown on a much finer scale than previously reported.
Source: Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Source Type: research