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Rice Varieties in Archaic East Asia: Reduction of Its Diversity from Past to Present Times.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2016
Kumagai Masahiko, Kanehara Masaaki, Shoda Shin'ya, Fujita Saburo, Onuki Shizuo, Ueda Shintaroh, Wang Li
Abstract excerpt
The Asian cultivated rice, Oryza sativa, is one of the most important crops feeding more than a third of global population. In spite of the studies for several decades, the origin and domestication history of rice varietal groups, japonica and indica, have not been fully unveiled. Genetic information of ancient rice remains is essential for direct and exclusive insight into the domestication history of rice. We...
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