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Signatures of adaptation in the weedy rice genome.
Nature genetics - 1 May 2017
Li Lin-Feng, Li Ya-Ling, Jia Yulin, Caicedo Ana L, Olsen Kenneth M
Abstract excerpt
Crop domestication provided the calories that fueled the rise of civilization. For many crop species, domestication was accompanied by the evolution of weedy crop relatives, which aggressively outcompete crops and reduce harvests. Understanding the genetic mechanisms that underlie the evolution of weedy crop relatives is critical for agricultural weed management and food security. Here we use whole-genome...
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