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. 1988 Aug;76(2):172-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF00257842.

The origin of the cultivated tetraploid potato based on chloroplast DNA

K Hosaka  1 , R E Hanneman Jr
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The origin of the cultivated tetraploid potato based on chloroplast DNA

K Hosaka et al. Theor Appl Genet. 1988 Aug.

Abstract

By using restriction enzyme analysis of chloroplast DNA, a geographical cline from the Andean region to coastal Chile was found for the tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum). This supports the Andean origin of Chilean ssp. tuberosum. One of the relic cultivars of the early introduction of potato to Europe had ssp. andigena type chloroplast DNA. Its derivatives were largely lost in the mid-19th century due to the late blight epidemic and were replaced by ssp. tuberosum originally introduced from Chile. Therefore, the present common potato has the same type chloroplast DNA as Chilean ssp. tuberosum.

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