Becoming weeds

Nat Genet. 2017 Apr 26;49(5):654-655. doi: 10.1038/ng.3851.

Abstract

A new resequencing analysis of weedy rice (Oryza sativa L.) biotypes illuminates distinct evolutionary paths and outcomes of de-domestication and ferality. This largest effort to date in weedy plant genomics gives a better understanding of weediness while also providing a promising source of alleles for rice breeding.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Crops, Agricultural / genetics*
  • Evolution, Molecular*
  • Genetic Variation / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Oryza / genetics*
  • Phenotype
  • Plant Weeds / genetics*