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Artificial Selection in Domestication and Breeding Prevents Speciation in Rice.
Molecular plant - 6 Apr 2020
Mi Jiaming, Li Guangwei, Xu Conghao, Yang Jiangyi, Yu Huihui, Wang Gongwei, Li Xianghua, Xiao Jinghua, Song Huazhi, Zhang Qifa, Ouyang Yidan
Abstract excerpt
Speciation has long been regarded as an irreversible process once the reproductive barriers had been established. However, unlike in natural populations, artificial selection might either accelerate or prevent speciation processes in domesticated species. Asian cultivated rice is a target crop for both domestication and artificial breeding; it contains two subspecies of indica and japonica, which usually produce...
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