From the cradle of agriculture a handful of lentils: History of domestication

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-37

  Sonnante, Gabriella ^a   Hammer, Karl ^b   Pignone, Domenico ^a  

^a Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

domestication syndrome to do molecular maps; Lens domestication; lentils; phylogeny archaeological remains

Indexed keywords

LENS CULINARIS; LENS NIGRICANS;

EID: 74849091088     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-009-0002-7     Document Type: Review

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