Ancient and historic dispersals of sweet potato in Oceania

Affiliations

Comment

Tim Denham. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013.

. 2013 Feb 5;110(6):1982-3.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221569110. Epub 2013 Jan 25.

¹ Archaeology Program, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia. t.denham@latrobe.edu.au

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

Historical collections reveal patterns of diffusion of sweet potato in Oceania obscured by modern plant movements and recombination.
Roullier C, Benoit L, McKey DB, Lebot V. Roullier C, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 5;110(6):2205-10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1211049110. Epub 2013 Jan 22. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013. PMID: 23341603 Free PMC article.

1. Heyerdahl T. The Kon Tiki Expedition. London: Allen and Unwin; 1950.
1. Hather JG, Kirch PV. Prehistoric sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) from Mangaia Island, central Polynesia. Antiquity. 1991;65:887–893.
1. Ladefoged TN, Graves MW, Coil J. The introduction of sweet potato in Polynesia: Early remains in Hawai’i. J Polyn Soc. 2005;114:359–374.
1. Roullier C, Benoit L, McKey DB, Lebot V. Historical collections reveal patterns of diffusion of sweet potato in Oceania obscured by modern plant movements and recombination. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2013;110:2205–2210. - PMC - PubMed
1. Ballard C, Brown P, Bourke RM, Hardwood T, editors. The Sweet Potato in Oceania: A Reappraisal. Sydney: Oceania Publications; 2005.