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A possible contribution of environmentally induced changes to the domestication of plants

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It is suggested that environmentally induced heritable changes may have played a role during plant domestication.

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  1. Institute of Plant Breeding (IvP), Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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Zeven, A.C. A possible contribution of environmentally induced changes to the domestication of plants. Euphytica 24, 369–370 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028202

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