Understanding potato with the help of genomics

José Héctor Gálvez, Helen H. Tai, Noelle A. Barkley, Kyle Gardner, David Ellis, Martina V. Strömvik

1 Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2 Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, Canada
3 International Potato Center, Lima, Peru

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