Useful insights from evolutionary biology for developing perennial grain crops

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1801-1819

  Dehaan, Lee R ^a   Van Tassel, David L ^a  

^a THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Domestication; Epigenetics; Epistasis; Evolvability; Genetic assimilation; Genetic load; Perennial grain; Pleiotropy; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CEREAL; DOMESTICATION; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; TRADE-OFF;

AGRICULTURE; BREEDING; CEREAL; CROP; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84907971079     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400084     Document Type: Article

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