Peter M. Bourke

Double Reduction in Allotetraploid Peanut and the Role of Chromosomal Imbalance in Unexpected Linkage Map Artifacts

Abstract Polyploidization in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) fixed heterosis but also caused a genetic bottleneck isolating cultivated peanut from its wild diploid relatives. Mechanisms such as homoeologous exchange can partially restore genetic diversity by generating new allelic c...