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Genetic evidence for a second domestication of barley (Hordeum vulgare) east of the Fertile Crescent.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Feb 2007
Morrell Peter L, Clegg Michael T
Abstract excerpt
Cereal agriculture originated with the domestication of barley and early forms of wheat in the Fertile Crescent. There has long been speculation that barley was domesticated more than once. We use differences in haplotype frequency among geographic regions at multiple loci to infer at least two domestications of barley; one within the Fertile Crescent and a second 1,500-3,000 km farther east. The Fertile Crescent...
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