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Seed exchange networks, ethnicity, and sorghum diversity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jan 2016
Labeyrie Vanesse, Thomas Mathieu, Muthamia Zachary K, Leclerc Christian
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Recent studies investigating the relationship between crop genetic diversity and human cultural diversity patterns showed that seed exchanges are embedded in farmers' social organization. However, our understanding of the social processes involved remains limited. We investigated how farmers' membership in three major social groups interacts in shaping sorghum seed exchange networks in a cultural contact zone on...
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