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Molecular Genetic Basis of the Domestication Syndrome in Cereals

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Cereal Genomics II

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Plant and animal domestication that was initiated approximately 10,000 years ago led to the dramatic evolution of human society and rapid speciation of plants and animals co-evolving with humans.

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Sang, T., Li, J. (2013). Molecular Genetic Basis of the Domestication Syndrome in Cereals. In: Gupta, P., Varshney, R. (eds) Cereal Genomics II. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6401-9_12

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