Independent origins of cultivated coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in the old world tropics.

As a portable source of food, water, fuel, and construction materials, the coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) played a fundamental role in human migrations and the development of civilization across the humid tropics. Here we investigated the coconut's domestication history and its population genetic...

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Main Authors: Bee F Gunn, Luc Baudouin, Kenneth M Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21731660/?tool=EBI