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Barley heads east: Genetic analyses reveal routes of spread through diverse Eurasian landscapes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Lister Diane L, Jones Huw, Oliveira Hugo R, Petrie Cameron A, Liu Xinyi, Cockram James, Kneale Catherine J, Kovaleva Olga, Jones Martin K
Abstract excerpt
One of the world's most important crops, barley, was domesticated in the Near East around 11,000 years ago. Barley is a highly resilient crop, able to grown in varied and marginal environments, such as in regions of high altitude and latitude. Archaeobotanical evidence shows that barley had spread throughout Eurasia by 2,000 BC. To further elucidate the routes by which barley cultivation was spread through...
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