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Domestication of the Triticeae in the Fertile Crescent

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Genetics and Genomics of the Triticeae

Part of the book series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models ((PGG,volume 7))

Abstract

About 12,000 years ago, humans began the transition from hunter-gathering to a sedentary, agriculture-based society. From its origins in the Fertile Crescent, farming expanded throughout Europe, Asia and Africa, together with various domesticated plants and animals. Where, how and why agriculture originated is still debated. Progress has been made in understanding plant domestication in the last few years. New insights were obtained mainly due to (I) the use of comprehensive germplasm collections covering the whole distribution area for each species; (II) the comparison of many wild and domesticated accessions for each species; (III) the identification of the wild progenitor in the wild gene pool and its comparison with domesticate descendants; (IV) the use of molecular fingerprinting techniques at many loci and the access to new generation high-throughput sequencing technologies; (V) the identification and cloning of genes involved in domestication; and (VI) excavation campaigns.

This chapter reviews the recent knowledge on wheat, barley and rye domestication in the Fertile Crescent and covers several issues concerning the molecular knowledge of the effects induced by domestication and breeding of these crops.

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We thank Sigi Effgen, Isabell Fuchs, Jutta Schütze, Charlotte Bulich, Marianne Haberscheid for excellent technical assistance and Margit Pasemann, Birgit Thron, Marianne Limpert, Elke Bohlscheid, Katiuscia Ceron for administration support during the last years. We are grateful to the MPIZ sequence facilities (ADIS) headed by Bernd Weisshaar. We thank Bill Martin, Maarten Koornneef, George Coupland, Moshe Feldman, Andrea Brandolini, Klaus Schmidt (DAI) and Andreas Graner for valuable suggestions. This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SPP 1127.

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    Kilian, B., Özkan, H., Pozzi, C., Salamini, F. (2009). Domestication of the Triticeae in the Fertile Crescent. In: Muehlbauer, G., Feuillet, C. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of the Triticeae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77489-3_3

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