Repetitive part of the banana (<it>Musa acuminata</it>) genome investigated by low-depth 454 sequencing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Bananas and plantains (<it>Musa </it>spp.) are grown in more than a hundred tropical and subtropical countries and provide staple food for hundreds of millions of people. They are seed-sterile crops propagated clonally an...

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Main Authors: Hřibová Eva, Neumann Pavel, Matsumoto Takashi, Roux Nicolas, Macas Jiří, Doležel Jaroslav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/10/204