Latitudinal variation in a photoperiod response gene in European barley: insight into the dynamics of agricultural spread from 'historic' specimens

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1092-1098

  Lister, Diane L ^a   Thaw, Susan ^b   Bower, Mim A ^a   Jones, Huw ^c   Charles, Michael P ^d   Jones, Glynis ^d   Smith, Lydia M J ^c   Howe, Christopher J ^a   Brown, Terence A ^b   Jones, Martin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Historic' DNA; Agricultural spread; Barley; Herbarium; Hordeum vulgare; Photoperiod response

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATING METHOD; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOTOPERIOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 59349101069     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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