World Wide Distribution Routes of Wheat (IMAGE)

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World Wide Distribution Routes of Wheat

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Wheat is a globally cultivated plant. It originated about 10000 years ago in the so-called fertile crescent, today's Anatolia and north Iraq, and has since then started its successful march around the world. The illustration shows the distribution routes of wheat based on its genetic similarity patterns. Little surprising is the proximity to human migration routes during this period.

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© Nature Genetics - Pont/Duchemin/Armisen

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