Genetic analysis of a major international collection of cultivated apple varieties reveals previously unknown historic heteroploid and inbred relationships

• Matthew Ordidge ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: m.ordidge@reading.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-5218

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• Pianpool Kirdwichai,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Current address: Faculty of Applied Science, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

  Affiliation School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5547-7354

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• M. Fazil Baksh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-8815

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• Edward P. Venison,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

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• J. George Gibbings,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

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• Jim M. Dunwell

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2147-665X

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