Coconut cousins
Submitted by rummykhan on Sat, 2011-07-16 17:45
COCONUT trees are found across the world and it is said that they played a fundamental role in human migrations and the development of civilisations. So far, nobody has studied the genetic variability in the tree. Now a study of the DNA shows that coconuts have two well-defined and differentiated populations representing two separate locations of cultivation—the Pacific basin and the Indo-Atlantic Ocean basin.
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External URL:
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/coconut-cousins
Main Type:
dte
Jul 31, 2011
Publication Date:
31/07/2011