Redefining awn development in rice through the breeding history of Japanese awn reduction
The study challenges the conventional understanding of awn loss as a domestication syndrome, showing instead that many awned varieties continued to be widely grown in Japan until the early twentieth century and that selection for awn reduction was active at that time, demonstrating that awn loss is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-05-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1370956/full |