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The Genetic Map of Artemisia annua L. Identifies Loci Affecting Yield of the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin

Submitted by Inga on January 23, 2010 - 17:07
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Author(s): 
Ian A. Graham, Katrin Besser, Dianna Bowles et al.
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Science 15 January 2010: Vol. 327. no. 5963, pp. 328 - 331
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iag1@york.ac.uk

Efforts to eradicate malaria are increasing demand for an affordable, high-quality, robust supply of artemisinin. We performed deep sequencing on the transcriptome of A. annua to identify genes and markers for fast-track breeding.

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