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Maroon Rice Genomic Diversity Reflects 350 Years of Colonial History.
Molecular biology and evolution - 4 Oct 2024
van de Loosdrecht Marieke S, Pinas Nicholaas M, Dongstra Evanne, Tjoe Awie Jerry R, Becker Frank F M, Maat Harro, van Velzen Robin, van Andel Tinde, Schranz Michael Eric
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Maroons in Suriname and French Guiana descend from enslaved Africans who escaped the plantations during colonial times. Maroon farmers still cultivate a large diversity of rice, their oldest staple crop. The oral history and written records of Maroons by colonial authorities provide contrasting perspectives on the origins of Maroon rice. Here, we analyzed the genomic ancestry of 136 newly sequenced Maroon rice...
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