Unconscious selection and the evolution of domesticated plants

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-10

  Zohary, Daniel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolution of crop plants; Origin of domestic traits; Unconscious selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444236061     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0005:USATEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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