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Study shows striking convergent selection history of wheat and barley

Researches have identified evidence of convergent selection, where unrelated or distantly related crop species evolve similarly to the same environmental pressures

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Study shows striking convergent selection history of wheat and barley

Researchers from The James Hutton Institute's International Barley Hub (IBH), working within an international consortium led by the research units of the Clermont-Auvergne-Rhône- Alpes Centre (INRAE-UCA),...

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