The nature of selection during plant domestication.
Plant domestication is an outstanding example of plant-animal co-evolution and is a far richer model for studying evolution than is generally appreciated. There have been numerous studies to identify genes associated with domestication, and archaeological work has provided a clear understanding of the dynamics of human cultivation practices during the Neolithic period. Together, these have provided a better understanding of the selective pressures that accompany crop domestication, and they demonstrate that a synthesis from the twin vantage points of genetics and archaeology can expand our understanding of the nature of evolutionary selection that accompanies domestication.
Purugganan
Michael D
MD
Department of Biology and Centre for Genomics and Systems Biology, 100 Washington Square East, New York University, New York 10003, USA. mp132@nyu.edu
Fuller
Dorian Q
DQ
D005075:Biological Evolution; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003469:Culture; D004463:Ecology; D018745:Genome, Plant; D006801:Humans; D012641:Selection, Genetic