Fertile Crescent crop progenitors gained a competitive advantage from large seedlings

Abstract Cereal domestication during the transition to agriculture resulted in widespread food production, but why only certain species were domesticated remains unknown. We tested whether seedlings of crop progenitors share functional traits that could give them a competitive advantage within anthr...

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Main Authors: Catherine Preece, Glynis Jones, Mark Rees, Colin P. Osborne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-04-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7282