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Plant domestication, a unique opportunity to identify the genetic basis of adaptation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 May 2007
Ross-Ibarra Jeffrey, Morrell Peter L, Gaut Brandon S
Abstract excerpt
Despite the fundamental role of plant domestication in human history and the critical importance of a relatively small number of crop plants to modern societies, we still know little about adaptation under domestication. Here we focus on efforts to identify the genes responsible for adaptation to domestication. We start from a historical perspective, arguing that Darwin's conceptualization of domestication and...
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