Historical Introgressions from a Wild Relative of Modern Cassava Improved Important Traits and May Be Under Balancing Selection

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Marnin D. Wolfe*,¹,
Guillaume J. Bauchet^†,
Ariel W. Chan*,
Roberto Lozano*,
Punna Ramu^‡,
Chiedozie Egesi^§,**,^††,
Robert Kawuki^‡‡,
Peter Kulakow^††,
Ismail Rabbi^†† and
Jean-Luc Jannink*,^§§

^*Section on Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
^†Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853
^‡Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
^§International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
^**National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Umuahia, 440221, Nigeria
^††International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 200001, Nigeria
^‡‡National Root Crops Resources Research Institute, Namulonge, Uganda
^§§United States Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14850

↵1Corresponding author: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Section on Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, 417 Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850. E-mail: mw489{at}cornell.edu

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