Diversity, genetic mapping, and signatures of domestication in the carrot (Daucus carota L.) genome, as revealed by Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) markers [PDF]
, 2013 Carrot is one of the most economically important vegetables worldwide, but genetic and genomic resources supporting carrot breeding remain limited. We developed a Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) platform for wild and cultivated carrot and used it to ...
Allender, Charlotte J. +11 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Validating a remote saliva collection tool for genomic analyses in free ranging dogs
Scientific ReportsSaliva is a well-established source of DNA for various applications due to its non-invasive collection and its provision of high-quality DNA. However, its use in wild and free-ranging animal research remains limited due to challenges in collection ...
Giulia Cimarelli +5 more
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Soil domestication by rice cultivation results in plant-soil feedback through shifts in soil microbiota. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundSoils are a key component of agricultural productivity, and soil microbiota determine the availability of many essential plant nutrients.
Edwards, Joseph +8 more
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The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops [PDF]
, 2015 Products and services provided by trees in forests and farmland support the needs and promote the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people in the tropics.
Clement, C.R. +10 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Animal CognitionThe study of domestication provides a unique opportunity to analyze the effects of natural selection in the attraction towards novelty, because selective pressures on domesticated animals are often greatly diminished or different from their wild ...
Dániel Rivas-Blanco +4 more
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Agronomy, 2021 A “cultivation prior to domestication”, or a “pre-domestication cultivation” phase features in many reconstructions of Near Eastern plant domestication.
Shahal Abbo +2 more
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Fear and Foxes: An Educational Primer for Use with "Anterior Pituitary Transcriptome Suggests Differences in ACTH Release in Tame and Aggressive Foxes". [PDF]
, 2020 The way genes contribute to behavior is complicated. Although there are some single genes with large contributions, most behavioral differences are due to small effects from many interacting genes.
Simpson, Julie H
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Increase in Tomato Locule Number Is Controlled by Two Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Located [PDF]
, 2011 In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit, the number of locules (cavities containing seeds that are derived from carpels) varies from two to up to 10 or more.
Berard, Aurélie +11 more
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