DNA changes tell us about rice domestication

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-192

  Izawa, Takeshi ^a   Konishi, Saeko ^a   Shomura, Ayahiko ^b   Yano, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Institute of the Society for Techno innovation of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; REVIEW; RICE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 62349107917     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.01.004     Document Type: Review

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