Cacao Tree Origin Dates Back 7.5 Million Years

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Article URL: https://plos.io/4gQHlB2

Article title: Comparative analyses of chloroplast genomes of Theobroma cacao from northern Peru

Author countries: Perú

Funding: This study was supported by the Programa Nacional de Investigación Científica y Estudios Avanzados (PROCIENCIA) funded by the Project through the Contract N° 026-2016-FONDECYT "Círculo de Investigación para la Innovación y el fortalecimiento de la cadena de valor del cacao nativo fino de aroma en la zona nor oriental del Perú (CINCACAO)", and Project CUI N° 2252878 (SNIP N° 312252) "Creación del Servicio de un Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biotecnología Vegetal de la Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas (UNTRM)", executed by the Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES) at the National University Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas (UNTRM). It was also partially funded by CONCYTEC under Project MiCroResi PE501079652-2022-PROCIENCIA. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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