Cereal domestication and evolution of branching: evidence for soft selection in the Tb1 orthologue of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.).

BACKGROUND: During the Neolithic revolution, early farmers altered plant development to domesticate crops. Similar traits were often selected independently in different wild species; yet the genetic basis of this parallel phenotypic evolution remains elusive. Plant architecture ranks among these tar...

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Main Authors: Marie-Stanislas Remigereau, Ghayas Lakis, Samah Rekima, Magalie Leveugle, Michaël C Fontaine, Thierry Langin, Aboubakry Sarr, Thierry Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3142148?pdf=render