New archaeobotanical information on plant domestication from macro-remains: Tracking the evolution of domestication syndrome traits

Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 110-135

  Fuller, Dorian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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