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Genomic history and ecology of the geographic spread of rice.
Nature plants - 1 May 2020
Gutaker Rafal M, Groen Simon C, Bellis Emily S, Choi Jae Y, Pires Inês S, Bocinsky R Kyle, Slayton Emma R, Wilkins Olivia, Castillo Cristina C, Negrão Sónia, Oliveira M Margarida, Fuller Dorian Q, Guedes Jade A d'Alpoim, Lasky Jesse R, Purugganan Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the world's most important food crops, and is comprised largely of japonica and indica subspecies. Here, we reconstruct the history of rice dispersal in Asia using whole-genome sequences of more than 1,400 landraces, coupled with geographic, environmental, archaeobotanical and paleoclimate data. Originating around 9,000 yr ago in the Yangtze Valley, rice diversified into temperate...
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