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Genomics yields fresh insights on plant domestication
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201847153
Subject(s) - domestication , civilization , biology , animal husbandry , agriculture , mesopotamia , livestock , microbiology and biotechnology , geography , ecology , archaeology
Millennia of domestication have left their traces in the genomes of domesticated plants. Understanding these changes could inform breeding and genomic engineering approaches to improve yield and resilience of crops and other plants.