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Science 2 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5778, pp. 1318 - 1319
DOI: 10.1126/science.1128836
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PLANT SCIENCE:
Unfallen Grains: How Ancient Farmers Turned Weeds into Crops

John Doebley

Cereals are the world's primary food, but if they are to be harvested grains must remain on the plant. Two of the genetic changes responsible for this essential trait for domestication have been identified.

The author is in the Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. E-mail: jdoebley{at}wisc.edu

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