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Independent origins of cultivated coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in the old world tropics.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Gunn Bee F, Baudouin Luc, Olsen Kenneth M
Abstract excerpt
As a portable source of food, water, fuel, and construction materials, the coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) played a fundamental role in human migrations and the development of civilization across the humid tropics. Here we investigated the coconut's domestication history and its population genetic structure as it relates to human dispersal patterns. A sample of 1,322 coconut accessions, representing the geographical...
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