A walk from the wild side: The genetics of domestication of livestock and crops

BioEssays

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 574-576

  Goodrich, Justin ^a   Wiener, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; DOMESTICATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOMICS; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENETICS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18744402192     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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