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- Title
The nature of selection during plant domestication.
- Authors
Purugganan, Michael D; Fuller, Dorian Q
- Abstract
Plant domestication is an outstanding example of plant-animal co-evolution and is a far richer model for studying evolution than is generally appreciated. There have been numerous studies to identify genes associated with domestication, and archaeological work has provided a clear understanding of the dynamics of human cultivation practices during the Neolithic period. Together, these have provided a better understanding of the selective pressures that accompany crop domestication, and they demonstrate that a synthesis from the twin vantage points of genetics and archaeology can expand our understanding of the nature of evolutionary selection that accompanies domestication.
- Publication
Nature, 2009, Vol 457, Issue 7231, p843
- ISSN
1476-4687
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature07895