Molecular mechanisms involved in convergent crop domestication

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 704-714

  Lenser, Teresa ^a   Theißen, Günter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop improvement; Genetic hotspots; Molecular convergence; Molecular evolution; Plant domestication

Indexed keywords

CROP; CROP IMPROVEMENT; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETIC HOTSPOTS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR CONVERGENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DOMESTICATION; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; TIME;

CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC HOTSPOTS; MOLECULAR CONVERGENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT DOMESTICATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888429582     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.08.007     Document Type: Review

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