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An Integrated Hypothesis on the Domestication of Bactris gasipaes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Galluzzi Gea, Dufour Dominique, Thomas Evert, van Zonneveld Maarten, Escobar Salamanca Andrés Felipe, Giraldo Toro Andrés, Rivera Andrés, Salazar Duque Hector, Suárez Baron Harold, Gallego Gerardo, Scheldeman Xavier, Gonzalez Mejia Alonso
Abstract excerpt
Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) has had a central place in the livelihoods of people in the Americas since pre-Columbian times, notably for its edible fruits and multi-purpose wood. The botanical taxon includes both domesticated and wild varieties. Domesticated var gasipaes is believed to derive from one or more of the three wild types of var. chichagui identified today, although the exact dynamics and...
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