Unfallen Grains: How Ancient Farmers Turned Weeds into Crops

2 June 2006

journal article
editorial
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 312 (5778) , 1318-1319
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128836

Abstract

Cereals are the world's primary food, but if they are to be harvested grains must remain on the plant. Two of the genetic changes responsible for this essential trait for domestication have been identified.

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