The advantage of parallel selection of domestication genes to accelerate crop improvement

Abstract A recent study identifies a locus controlling seed dormancy – a key trait of the ‘domestication syndrome’ – that has been selected for in parallel across multiple crop families.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martha Rendón-Anaya, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Genome Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-018-1537-7