African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Verification of genetic identity of introduced cacao germplasm in Ghana using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers

Jemmy Takrama
  • Jemmy Takrama
  • The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), PO Box 8, New Tafo-Akim, Ghana.
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Ji Kun
  • Ji Kun
  • USDA/ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, SPCL, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 001, Rm. 223, BARC-W, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA; Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China.
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Lyndel Meinhardt
  • Lyndel Meinhardt
  • USDA/ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, SPCL, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 001, Rm. 223, BARC-W, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Sue Mischke
  • Sue Mischke
  • USDA/ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, SPCL, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 001, Rm. 223, BARC-W, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Stephen Y. Opoku
  • Stephen Y. Opoku
  • The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), PO Box 8, New Tafo-Akim, Ghana.
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Francis K. Padi
  • Francis K. Padi
  • The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), PO Box 8, New Tafo-Akim, Ghana.
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Dapeng Zhang*
  • Dapeng Zhang*
  • USDA/ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, SPCL, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 001, Rm. 223, BARC-W, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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  •  Received: 29 September 2013
  •  Accepted: 08 May 2014
  •  Published: 21 May 2014

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