Molecular evidence and the origin of the domesticated sunflower

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 30, 2008, Pages

  Rieseberg, Loren ^a,b   Burke, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; CULTIVAR; DOMESTICATED PLANT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; LETTER; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNFLOWER;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HELIANTHUS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 48749107513     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804494105     Document Type: Letter

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