15. Crop Genetics on Modern Farms: Gene Flow Between Crop Populations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. CONTRIBUTORS vii
4. 1. Crop Plants: Past, Present, and Future 1
5. 2. Molecular Evidence and the Evolutionary History of the Domesticated Sunflower 31
6. 3. Molecular Evidence of Sugarcane Evolution and Domestication 49
7. 4. Maize Origins, Domestication, and Selection 67
8. 5. Contributions of Tripsacum to Maize Diversity 91
9. 6. Evolution of Genetic Diversity in Phaseolus vulgaris L. 121
10. 7. Cladistic Biogeography of Juglans ( Juglandaceae) Based on Chloroplast DNA Intergenic Spacer Sequences 143
11. 8. Origin and Diversifi cation of Chayote 171
12. 9. Using Modern Landraces of Wheat to Study the Origins of European Agriculture 197
13. 10. Breadfruit Origins, Diversity, and Human-Facilitated Distribution 213
14. 11. Genetic Relationship Between Dioscorea alata L. and D. nummularia Lam. as Revealed by AFLP Markers 239
15. 12. Evolution, Domestication, and Agrobiodiversity in the Tropical Crop Cassava 269
16. 13. Origins, Evolution, and Group Classifi cation of Cultivated Potatoes 285
17. 14. Evolution and Conservation of Clonally Propagated Crops: Insights from AFLP Data and Folk Taxonomy of the Andean Tuber Oca ( Oxalis tuberosa ) 308
18. 15. Crop Genetics on Modern Farms: Gene Flow Between Crop Populations 333
19. Appendix I. Molecular Marker and Sequencing Methods and Related Terms 347
20. Appendix II. Molecular Analyses 370
21. Index 379