Serendipitous backyard hybridization and the origin of crops.
Backyard gardens, dump heaps, and kitchen middens are thought to have provided important venues for early crop domestication via generation of hybrids between otherwise isolated plant species. However, this process has rarely been demonstrated empirically. For the majority of polyploid crops, it rem...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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