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Rapid weed adaptation and range expansion in response to agriculture over the past two centuries.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 9 Dec 2022
Kreiner Julia M, Latorre Sergio M, Burbano Hernán A, Stinchcombe John R, Otto Sarah P, Weigel Detlef, Wright Stephen I
Abstract excerpt
North America has experienced a massive increase in cropland use since 1800, accompanied more recently by the intensification of agricultural practices. Through genome analysis of present-day and historical samples spanning environments over the past two centuries, we studied the effect of these changes in farming on the extent and tempo of evolution across the native range of the common waterhemp (Amaranthus...
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