農作物の家畜化の分子遺伝学について
John F Doebley1, Brandon S Gaut, Bruce D Smith
1Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. jdoebley@wisc.edu
Cell
|December 28, 2006
まとめ
古代人類は遺伝的変化によって,米や小麦などの主要な作物を家畜化しました. この農業革命は,世界の食料需要を満たすために,植物の発達経路を変更することを含んでいた.
科学分野:
- 農業科学 農業科学とは
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- 考古学考古学とは
背景:
- 人間社会は約1万年前に狩猟採集から農業へと移行した.
- 4000年前には,米,小麦,トウモロコシなど,人間の生存に不可欠な主要な作物種が家畜化されました.
- この時期は新石器時代の農業革命を象徴し,人類文明を根本的に再構築しました.
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