Approaches and constraints of using existing landrace and extant plant material to understand agricultural spread in prehistory

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-112

  Jones, Huw ^a   Lister, Diane L ^b   Bower, Mim A ^b   Leigh, Fiona J ^a   Smith, Lydia M ^a   Jones, Martin K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Barley; Emmer wheat; Germplasm; Herbarium specimens; Landraces

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DICOCCUM;

EID: 52449106507     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108993138     Document Type: Review

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