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Superheroes and masterminds of plant domestication.
Comptes rendus biologies - 1 Jan 2000
Martínez-Ainsworth Natalia E, Tenaillon Maud I
Abstract excerpt
Domestication is one of the most fundamental changes in the evolution of human societies. The geographical origins of domesticated plants are inferred from archaeology, ecology and genetic data. Scenarios vary among species and include single, diffuse or multiple independent domestications. Cultivated plants present a panel of traits, the "domestication syndrome" that distinguish them from their wild relatives....
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