Plant evolution and the origin of crop species /

• Main Author: Hancock, James F., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: Crops > Origin.; Crops > Evolution.; Plants > Evolution.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Centres of diversity.; Cereals.; Chromosomes.; Crops.; Cytology.; Domestication.; Duplication.; Evolution.; Fruit crops.; Genetic variation.; Genomes.; Grain legumes.; Oilseed plants.; Polyploidy.; Root crops.; Speciation.; Vegetables.; Electronic books.
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This book is arranged in two sections: the first five chapters cover the genetic mechanisms associated with plant evolution (chromosome structure and genetic variability, assortment of genetic variability, the multifactorial genome, polyploidy and gene duplication, and speciation). The second sectio...

Table of Contents:

• Chromosome Structure and Genetic Variability
• Assortment of Genetic Variability
• The Multifactorial Genome
• Polyploidy and Gene Duplication
• Speciation
• The Origins of Agriculture
• The Dynamics of Plant Domestication
• Cereal Grains
• Protein Plants
• Starchy Staples and Sugars
• Fruits, Vegetables, Oils and Fibres
• Postscript : Germ-plasm Resources.