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Beyond the single gene: How epistasis and gene-by-environment effects influence crop domestication.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Apr 2014
Doust Andrew N, Lukens Lewis, Olsen Kenneth M, Mauro-Herrera Margarita, Meyer Ann, Rogers Kimberly
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Domestication is a multifaceted evolutionary process, involving changes in individual genes, genetic interactions, and emergent phenotypes. There has been extensive discussion of the phenotypic characteristics of plant domestication, and recent research has started to identify the specific genes and mutational mechanisms that control domestication traits. However, there is an apparent disconnect between the...
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