Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: Palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East

Biological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 885-899

  Kaniewski, David ^a,b   Van Campo, Elise ^a,b   Boiy, Tom ^c   Terral, Jean Frédéric ^d   Khadari, Bouchaïb ^e   Besnard, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e UMR AGAP   (France)

Author keywords

Domestication; Middle East; Olea europaea L.; Palaeobotany; Phylogeography; Sacred writings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; MIDDLE EAST; OLIVE TREE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MIDDLE EAST; OLEA; PHYLOGENY;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84867138895     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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