The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice: Spikelet Bases from the Lower Yangtze Export

@article{citeulike:4196792, abstract = {The process of rice domestication occurred in the Lower Yangtze region of Zhejiang, China, between 6900 and 6600 years ago. Archaeobotanical evidence from the site of Tianluoshan shows that the proportion of nonshattering domesticated rice (Oryza sativa) spikelet bases increased over this period from 27\% to 39\%. Over the same period, rice remains increased from 8\% to 24\% of all plant remains, which suggests an increased consumption relative to wild gathered foods. In addition, an assemblage of annual grasses, sedges, and other herbaceous plants indicates the presence of arable weeds, typical of cultivated rice, that also increased over this period. 10.1126/science.1166605}, author = {Fuller, Dorian Q. and Qin, Ling and Zheng, Yunfei and Zhao, Zhijun and Chen, Xugao and Hosoya, Leo A. and Sun, Guo-Ping}, citeulike-article-id = {4196792}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1166605}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5921/1607.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5921/1607.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/323/5921/1607?rss=1}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299619}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19299619}, day = {20}, doi = {10.1126/science.1166605}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {200903, chine, domestication\_des\_plantes, neolithique-ancien, paleobotanique}, month = {March}, number = {5921}, pages = {1607--1610}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 11:47:31}, priority = {2}, title = {The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice: Spikelet Bases from the Lower Yangtze}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1166605}, volume = {323}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4196792 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4196792 N2 - The process of rice domestication occurred in the Lower Yangtze region of Zhejiang, China, between 6900 and 6600 years ago. Archaeobotanical evidence from the site of Tianluoshan shows that the proportion of nonshattering domesticated rice (Oryza sativa) spikelet bases increased over this period from 27% to 39%. Over the same period, rice remains increased from 8% to 24% of all plant remains, which suggests an increased consumption relative to wild gathered foods. In addition, an assemblage of annual grasses, sedges, and other herbaceous plants indicates the presence of arable weeds, typical of cultivated rice, that also increased over this period. 10.1126/science.1166605 IS - 5921 JF - Science EP - 1610 TI - The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice: Spikelet Bases from the Lower Yangtze VL - 323 SP - 1607 KW - 200903 KW - chine KW - domestication_des_plantes KW - neolithique-ancien KW - paleobotanique AU - Fuller, Dorian AU - Qin, Ling AU - Zheng, Yunfei AU - Zhao, Zhijun AU - Chen, Xugao AU - Hosoya, Leo AU - Sun, Guo-Ping PY - 2009/03/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1166605 ER -