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Evolutionary systems biology reveals patterns of rice adaptation to drought-prone agro-ecosystems.
The Plant cell - 3 Feb 2022
Groen Simon C, Joly-Lopez Zoé, Platts Adrian E, Natividad Mignon, Fresquez Zoë, Mauck William M, Quintana Marinell R, Cabral Carlo Leo U, Torres Rolando O, Satija Rahul, Purugganan Michael D, Henry Amelia
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Rice (Oryza sativa) was domesticated around 10,000 years ago and has developed into a staple for half of humanity. The crop evolved and is currently grown in stably wet and intermittently dry agro-ecosystems, but patterns of adaptation to differences in water availability remain poorly understood. While previous field studies have evaluated plant developmental adaptations to water deficit, adaptive variation in...
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