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The Rice Paradox: Multiple Origins but Single Domestication in Asian Rice.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Apr 2017
Choi Jae Young, Platts Adrian E, Fuller Dorian Q, Hsing Yue-Ie, Wing Rod A, Purugganan Michael D
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The origin of domesticated Asian rice (Oryza sativa) has been a contentious topic, with conflicting evidence for either single or multiple domestication of this key crop species. We examined the evolutionary history of domesticated rice by analyzing de novo assembled genomes from domesticated rice and its wild progenitors. Our results indicate multiple origins, where each domesticated rice subpopulation...
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