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Domestication of Foxtail Millet Revolutionizes Chinese Civilization and Global Agriculture

Plant genetics and genomics: crops and models
Origin and Domestication of Foxtail Millet
Xianmin Diao, Guanqing Jia

Paper Summary

Foxtail millet was domesticated by humans and became a major crop, especially in China and arid regions. It originated from green foxtail and was likely domesticated around 16,000 years ago. Recent evidence suggests that foxtail millet was domesticated only once.

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