The ripples of "The Big (agricultural) Bang": The spread of early wheat cultivation

Genome

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 861-863

  Abbo, Shahal ^a   Gopher, Avi ^b   Peleg, Zvi ^a   Saranga, Yehoshua ^a   Fahima, Tzion ^c   Salamini, Francesco ^d   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early wave of advance of Neolithic farming; Genetic ripples; Neolithic revolution; Origin of Near Eastern agriculture

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

AGRICULTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HISTORY; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SHORT SURVEY; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MIDDLE EAST; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33845445911     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G06-049     Document Type: Short Survey

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