Domestication is a good model for the study of evolutionary processes because of the recent
evolution of crop species (< 12,000 years ago), the key role of selection in their origins, and …

It is difficult to overstate the cultural and biological impacts that the domestication of plants
and animals has had on our species. Fundamental questions regarding where, when, and …

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Barley (H ordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) is an excellent model for understanding agricultural
responses to climate change. Its initial domestication over 10 millennia ago and subsequent …

After domestication, during a process of widespread range extension, barley adapted to a
broad spectrum of agricultural environments. To explore how the barley genome responded …

The completion of reference genome sequences for many important crops and the ability to
perform high-throughput resequencing are providing opportunities for improving our …

Flowering time is a key life-history trait in the plant life cycle. Most studies to unravel the
genetics of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana have been performed under greenhouse …

Fluctuations in environmental conditions greatly influence life on earth. Plants, as sessile
organisms, have developed molecular mechanisms to adapt their development to changes …

The process of crop domestication has long been a topic of active research for biologists,
anthropologists and others. Genetic data have proved a powerful resource for drawing …

A combination of genetics and archaeology is revealing the complexity of the relationships
between crop plants and their wild ancestors. Archaeobotanical studies are showing that …