Every grain of rice: Ancient rice DNA data provides new view of domestication history

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 17:11 in Mathematics & Economics

This is a comparison of ancient rice remains and modern rice. Rice, or Oryza sativa as its scientifically known, feeds more than a third of the globe. Yet the majority of rice crops that supply 90 percent of the world come from just two domesticated varieties, japonica and indica.

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