@article{fdi:010037723,
  title = {{C}lose genetic proximity between cultivated and wild {B}actris gasipaes {K}unth revealed by microsatellite markers in {W}estern {E}cuador},
  author = {{C}ouvreur, {T}homas {L}. {P}. and {B}illotte, {N}. and {R}isterucci, {A}. {M}. and {L}ara, {C}. and {V}igouroux, {Y}ves and {L}udena, {B}. and {P}ham, {J}ean-{L}ouis and {P}intaud, {J}ean-{C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}actris gasipaes {K}unth (peach palm or {P}ejibaye) is the only domesticated palm of the {N}eotropics. {T}he genetic relationships between the crop and its wild relatives are still unclear. {W}e undertook field and laboratory work in order to describe differentiation and relationships between the wild and cultivated populations of the species in {W}estern {E}cuador, and their possible interactions. {A} volumetric study was undertaken on the fruits of both populations, as well as a population genetic analysis in order to clarify these relationships. {F}ruits from cultivated plants collected in the region of sympatry of wild and cultivated plants in {N}orth-{W}est {E}cuador showed intermediate volumes between those of reference samples for the wild and cultivated plants in allopatry. {U}sing 8 microsatellite loci, we assessed 83 wild and cultivated individuals from {W}estern {E}cuador and cultivated plants from {A}mazonia and {C}entral {A}merica as a reference for the cultivated form. {W}e detected high polymorphism in the wild and cultivated samples and low, but significant level of genetic differentiation between wild and cultivated populations. {T}he cultivated population in {N}orth-{W}estern {E}cuador showed close genetic proximity with the sympatric wild population, consistent with the volumetric study. {T}hese results have implications for hypotheses on evolution of this crop and for strategies of genetic conservation of the wild forms.},
  keywords = {{B}actris gasipaes ; crop wild relatives {CWR} ; field inquiries ; fruit volumes ; genetic diversity ; gene. flow ; peach palm},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}enetic {R}esources and {C}rop {E}volution},
  volume = {53},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {1361--1373},
  ISSN = {0925-9864},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10722-005-5033-z},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037723},
}