Back to the Origin: In Situ Studies Are Needed to Understand Selection during Crop Diversification

Crop domestication has been embraced as a model system to study the genetics of plant evolution. Yet, the role of the environment, including biotic forces such as microbial and insect communities, in contributing to crop phenotypes under domestication and diversification has been poorly explored. In...

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Main Authors: Yolanda H. Chen, Lori R. Shapiro, Betty Benrey, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00125/full