Domestication Genomics: Untangling the Complex History of African Rice

Samantha J Snodgrass; Matthew B Hufford

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.072

Domestication Genomics: Untangling the Complex History of African Rice

Curr Biol. 2018 Jul 23;28(14):R786-R788. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.072.

Authors

Samantha J Snodgrass¹, Matthew B Hufford²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. Electronic address: snodgras@iastate.edu.
² Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. Electronic address: mhufford@iastate.edu.

PMID: 30040938
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.072

Abstract

Study of domestication is complex but essential to our understanding of evolutionary processes and for crop breeding. A new study analyzes genomic data from 163 lines of domesticated African rice and 83 lines of its wild relative, clarifying the history of African rice domestication.

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MeSH terms

Crops, Agricultural / genetics
Domestication*
Genome, Plant
Genomics
Oryza / genetics*