Diverse genetic mechanisms underlie worldwide convergent rice feralization

Abstract Background Worldwide feralization of crop species into agricultural weeds threatens global food security. Weedy rice is a feral form of rice that infests paddies worldwide and aggressively outcompetes cultivated varieties. Despite increasing attention in recent years, a comprehensive unders...

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Main Authors: Jie Qiu, Lei Jia, Dongya Wu, Xifang Weng, Lijuan Chen, Jian Sun, Meihong Chen, Lingfeng Mao, Bowen Jiang, Chuyu Ye, Guilherme Menegol Turra, Longbiao Guo, Guoyou Ye, Qian-Hao Zhu, Toshiyuki Imaizumi, Beng-Kah Song, Laura Scarabel, Aldo Merotto, Kenneth M. Olsen, Longjiang Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Genome Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-020-01980-x