Brown, Terence 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

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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
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010)
Journal or Publication Title:	Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0169-5347
Date:	February 2009
Volume:	Vol.24
Number:	No.2
Number of Pages:	7
Page Range:	pp. 103-109
Identification Number:	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
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/28501

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