The origin of the apple subfamily (Maloideae; Rosaceae) is clarified by DNA sequence data from duplicated GBSSI genes
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- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- systematics and-phytogeography
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Botany
- Vol. 89 (9), 1478-1484
- https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.89.9.1478
Abstract
For 70 yr the leading hypothesis for the origin of the Maloideae has involved wide hybridization between ancestors of two other subfamilies. The basis of this hypothesis is that Maloideae have a base...Funding Information
- National Science Foundation (DEB‐9806945)
- Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station (2530)
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