The Wilhelmine E. Key 1987 invitational lecture. Genetic changes associated with the evolution of adaptedness in cultivated plants and their wild progenitors.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110503

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The Wilhelmine E. Key 1987 invitational lecture. Genetic changes associated with the evolution of adaptedness in cultivated plants and their wild progenitors.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Allard R W

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The results of long-term studies of changes in adaptedness in a number of experimental populations of annual plants are summarized. Measurements made of quantitative traits showed that cumulative increases in reproductive capacity continued in these experimental populations for more than 50 gener...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Biological Evolution
Breeding
Edible Grain
Environment
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Markers
Genetics, Population
Hordeum
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic

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