A history of rye: How early farmers made plants genetically less flexible - Phys.org
7/20/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Tom Leonhardt
by Tom Leonhardt
Over the course of many thousands of years, humans turned rye into a cultivated plant. In doing so, they have considerably limited its genetic flexibility. Today, wild rye not only has a more diverse genetic make-up, it is able to recombine this more freely t…
Over the course of many thousands of years, humans turned rye into a cultivated plant. In doing so, they have considerably limited its genetic flexibility. Today, wild rye not only has a more diverse… [+4024 chars]
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