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Mingzhen Ma, Yuqing Li, Honggang Ma, Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid, Alan Warren, Yurui Wang, Ying Yan
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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
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Qi-Hong Tan, Xiao-Juan Zhou, Jie-Xin Zou
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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Summary: Research on the genus Hedysarum L. (Fabaceae: Hedysareae) is still incomplete, with systematic knowledge lacking. This study constructed an integrated distribution map for eight Hedysarum species in Eurasia and conducted cytogenomic characterization on twenty accessions to evaluate genomic diversity and relationships within the section. The study identified four main karyotype groups based on chromosomal markers, highlighting the potential for taxonomic studies within this section.
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Yao Ling, Wen-Jing Li, Fei-Fei Li, Xiao-Bao Xue, Yuan-Yi Gao, Li Wang, Ke Liang, Xin-Jiang Li
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