Browsing Biology by Author "Abebe, WM"
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Indigenous crop diversity maintained despite the introduction of major global crops in an African centre of agrobiodiversity
Rampersad, C; Geto, T; Samuel, T; Abebe, M; Gomez, MS; Pironon, S; Buchi, L; Haggar, J; Stocks, J; Ryan, P (Wiley, 2023-07-19)Societal Impact Statement The global success and expansion of a small pool of major crops, including rice, wheat and maize, risks homogenising global agriculture. Focusing on the agriculturally diverse Ethiopian Highlands, ... -
Maintenance and expansion of genetic and trait variation following domestication in a clonal crop
White, OW; Biswas, MK; Abebe, WM; Dussert, Y; Kebede, F; Nichols, RA; Buggs, RJA; Demissew, S; Woldeyes, F; Papadopulos, AST (Wiley, 2023-06-02)Clonal propagation enables favourable crop genotypes to be rapidly selected and multiplied. However, the absence of sexual propagation can lead to low genetic diversity and accumulation of deleterious mutations, which may ...