The Molecular Genetics of Crop Domestication
The Molecular Genetics of Crop Domestication
J. Doebley,B. Gaut,Bruce D. Smith
2006 · DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.006
Cell · 1,729 Citations
TLDR
The list of genes to date tentatively suggests that diverse plant developmental pathways were the targets of Neolithic "genetic tinkering," and the authors are now closer to understanding how plant development was redirected to meet the needs of a hungry world.