Genetic diversity and evolutionary insights of Dali tea (Camellia taliensis) in the Lancang River Basin: Implications for tea breeding and resource conservation

• Yanlan Tao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yanlan Tao, Lichao Huang, Hongyu Chen

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China, Ancient Tea Tree Research Centre, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0232-681X

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• Lichao Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yanlan Tao, Lichao Huang, Hongyu Chen

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China

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• Hongyu Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yanlan Tao, Lichao Huang, Hongyu Chen

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Ancient Tea Tree Research Centre, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China

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• Yiju Luo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Ancient Tea Tree Research Centre, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China

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• Rong Tang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Ancient Tea Tree Research Centre, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China

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• Faying Li ,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lifaying@swfu.edu.cn (FL); lanzengquan@tsinghua.org.cn (ZL)

  Affiliations College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China, Ancient Tea Tree Research Centre, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China

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• Zengquan Lan

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lifaying@swfu.edu.cn (FL); lanzengquan@tsinghua.org.cn (ZL)

  Affiliations College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China, Ancient Tea Tree Research Centre, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan, China

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