@article{fdi:010022315,
  title = {{A}llozyme diversity of cultivated cowpea {V}igna unguiculata ({L}.) {W}alp},
  author = {{P}asquet, {R}{\'e}my},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} survey of allozyme variation in cultivar-groups of cowpea (#{V}igna unguiculata$ ({L}.) {W}alp.) was undertaken by examining 21 enzyme systems encoded by 36 loci in 271 accessions representing the five cultivar-groups. {V}ery low levels of variation were found within accessions, which is typical of self-pollinating species. {L}ittle variation was also found among accessions. {C}ompared with other legume crops, #{V}. unguiculata$ is depauperate in allozyme variation. {W}e found an average of 1.61 alleles per locus with 42% of the loci polymorphic and a total heterozygosity of 0.061. {O}f the variation present, 90% was found within cultivar-groups, while 10% was among cultivar-groups. {D}ata analyses revealed continuous variation among cultivar-groups and geographic regions with the accessions failing to segregate into discrete morphophysiological or geographic clusters. {H}owever, evolved cultivar-groups (cv.-gr. #{M}elanophthalmus$ and cv.-gr. #{S}esquipedalis$) appear to be less diverse than their putative primitive cultivar-group progenitors. {D}ue to lack of availability of critical material, no clear center of origin can be established. {H}owever, the data presented suggest that {N}ortheast {A}frica could be a possible center of domestication. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{LEGUMINEUSE} ; {CULTIVAR} ; {EVOLUTION} {DES} {SOLS} {SOUS} {CULTURE} ; {DIVERSITE} {GENETIQUE} ; {POLYMORPHISME} {GENETIQUE} ; {DOMESTICATION} {DES} {PLANTES} ; {METHODE} {D}'{ANALYSE} ; {ISOENZYME} ; {ELECTROPHORESE} ; {ETUDE} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {ALLOZYME}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}heoretical and {A}pplied {G}enetics},
  volume = {101},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {211--219},
  ISSN = {0040-5752},
  year = {2000},
  DOI = {10.1007/s001220051471},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010022315},
}