Molecular dating of phylogenetic divergence between Urochloa species based on complete chloroplast genomes

Abstract Background Forage species of Urochloa are planted in millions of hectares of tropical and subtropical pastures in South America. Most of the planted area is covered with four species (U. ruziziensis, U. brizantha, U. decumbens and U. humidicola). Breeding programs rely on interspecific hybr...

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Main Authors: Marco Pessoa-Filho, Alexandre Magalhães Martins, Márcio Elias Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3904-2