Darwinian agriculture: When can humans find solutions beyond the reach of natural selection?

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-168

  Denison, R Ford ^a   Kiers, E Toby ^a   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agricultural biotechnology; Agricultural ecosystems; Agriculture; Crop improvement; Evolution; Group selection; Natural selection; Tradeoffs; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DARWINIA;

EID: 0038685938     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374951     Document Type: Review

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