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Brown, T. A., Jones, Martin K., Powell, Wayne and Allaby, Robin G. (2008) The complex origins of domesticated crops in the Fertile Crescent. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol.24 (No.2). pp. 103-109. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2008.09.008 ISSN 0169-5347.
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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 Article | ||||
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Subjects: | S Agriculture > SB Plant culture | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Plant remains (Archaeology), Plant genetics, Grain | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Trends in Ecology & Evolution | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 0169-5347 | ||||
Official Date: | 25 December 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.24 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 103-109 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2008.09.008 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain) (NERC) |
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