Like Rice? Thank A Pirate!

Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 20:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Domesticated rice, Oryza sativa indica (indica) and Oryza sativa japonica (japonica), are major staple crops in Asia.   Evolutionary biologists and historians have long wondered if both once had an original point of domestication in common, or they were domesticated independently twice.  read more

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