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The complex origins of domesticated crops in the Fertile Crescent
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Brown, T. A., Jones, Martin K., Powell, Wayne and Allaby, Robin G. (2009) The complex origins of domesticated crops in the Fertile Crescent. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol.24 (No.2). pp. 103-109. ISSN 0169-5347 doi:10.1016/j.tree.2008.09.008
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.09.008
Abstract
A combination of genetics and archaeology is revealing the complexity of the relationships between crop plants and their wild ancestors. Archaeobotanical studies are showing that acquisition of the full set of traits observed in domesticated cereals was a protracted process, intermediate stages being seen at early farming sites throughout the Fertile Crescent. New genetic data are confirming the multiregional nature of cereal domestication, correcting a previous view that each crop was domesticated by a rapid, unique and geographically localised process. Here we review the evidence that has prompted this reevaluation of the origins of domesticated crops in the Fertile Crescent and highlight the impact that this new multiregional model is having on modern breeding programmes.
Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Trends in Ecology & Evolution | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 0169-5347 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.24 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 103-109 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2008.09.008 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain) (NERC) |
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