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Molecular evolution of shattering loci in U.S. weedy rice.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2010
Thurber Carrie S, Reagon Michael, Gross Briana L, Olsen Kenneth M, Jia Yulin, Caicedo Ana L
Abstract excerpt
Cultivated rice fields worldwide are plagued with weedy rice, a conspecific weed of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). The persistence of weedy rice has been attributed, in part, to its ability to shatter (disperse) seed prior to crop harvesting. In the United States, separately evolved weedy rice groups have been shown to share genomic identity with exotic domesticated cultivars. Here, we investigate the...
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