Category: japonica
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Domestication as introgression and assimilation
The Pith: the spread of domestic rice may be a function not of the spread of rice per se, as much as a specific narrow set of genes which confer domestication to disparate rice lineages. This has been a big month for rice. At least for me. Despite my b…
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Why rice is so nice
The Pith: What makes rice nice in one varietal may not make it nice in another. Genetically that is…. Rice is edible and has high yields thanks to evolution. Specifically, the artificial selection processes which lead to domestication. The ̶…