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. 2015 Aug 26;16(1):176.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0743-9.

Barley domestication: the end of a central dogma?

Robin G Allaby  1
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Barley domestication: the end of a central dogma?

Robin G Allaby. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

Genomic analysis of barley paints a picture of diffuse origins of this crop, with different regional wild populations contributing putative adaptive variations.

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