Reconsidering domestication of legumes versus cereals in the ancient near east

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-50

  Abbo, Shahal ^a   Saranga, Yehoshua ^a   Peleg, Zvi ^a   Kerem, Zohar ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Gopher, Avi ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Modern crop improvement; Near Eastern crop evolution; Neolithic Revolution; Plant domestication

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CEREAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGUME; MIDDLE EAST; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AGRICULTURE; CEREALS; FABACEAE; GENETIC SPECIATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST;

CICER ARIETINUM; HORDEUM; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 63049108331     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596462     Document Type: Review

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