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Mauritia flexuosa has ecological and economic importance. Its disorderly extractivism promotes its reduction and extinction. This study evaluated the genetic structure of populations of this non-domesticated palm. These results can be correlated based on prioritization of conservation of this non–domesticated species, influenced by environmental characteristics, suggesting that the genetic diversity found should be conserved in a germplasm bank, and subsequently exploited in breeding programs.

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Why is it important?

genetic diversity and Mauritia flexuosa conservation.

Perspectives

Data indicate the importance of genetic diversity and its conservation in a germplasm bank and later explored in breeding programs

Dr. Jorge A. López

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This page is a summary of: Genetic structure analysis of Mauritia flexuosa natural population from the Lençóis Maranhenses region using microsatellite markers, January 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/1678-992x-2020-0112.
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