Dinner Plate Domestication (IMAGE)

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)

Dinner Plate Domestication

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Nine examples of domesticated Brassica rapa, a single species that humans have bred into root vegetables like turnips, leafy greens like bok choy and oil seeds.

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Illustration by Alex McAlvay

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