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Phenotypic differentiation between wild and domesticated varieties of Crescentia cujete L. and culturally relevant uses of their fruits as bowls in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

BACKGROUND: Selection criteria are important for analyzing domestication of perennial plant species, which experience a selection pressure throughout several human generations. We analyze the preferred morphological characteristics of Crescentia cujete fruits, which are used as bowls by the Maya of...

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Autores principales: Aguirre-Dugua, Xitlali, Pérez-Negrón, Edgar, Casas, Alejandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24229087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-9-76

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