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Genome plasticity a key factor in the success of polyploid wheat under domestication.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 29 Jun 2007
Dubcovsky Jorge, Dvorak Jan
Abstract excerpt
Wheat was domesticated about 10,000 years ago and has since spread worldwide to become one of the major crops. Its adaptability to diverse environments and end uses is surprising given the diversity bottlenecks expected from recent domestication and polyploid speciation events. Wheat compensates for these bottlenecks by capturing part of the genetic diversity of its progenitors and by generating new diversity at...
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