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The article was published on 1975-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1120 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Domestication & Germplasm.

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Concentrated distribution of wild yam patches: historical ecology and the subsistence of African rainforest hunter-gatherers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the habitat and distribution of wild yam patches, and discuss possible human impacts on the formation of the wild yams patches, which currently support long-term forest expeditions by Baka hunter-gatherers.
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A Dynamic Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench) diversity Management in Situ and Livelihood Resilience in South and Central Tigray Region, Ethiopia

TL;DR: In this paper, the level of diversity in the south and central parts of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia was assessed using a structured questionnaire that elicited information on socioeconomic aspects of households, sorghum plots, the number and types of farmers' local varieties grown in the area, variety characteristics, seed exchange systems and seed flow together with selection criteria's as well as seed selection process and management.
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Correlation and path coefficient analysis of yield and yield components in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) germplasm in the highlands of Bale, Ethiopia

TL;DR: Genetic diversity, correlation, direct and indirect effect, and variability in the Ethiopian lentil germplasm were evaluated at two locations, Sinana and Agarfa, in the 2012/13 cropping season to obtain information on genetic diversity and variability.
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Egypt, 1552–664 BC

TL;DR: The history of Egypt between 1552 and 664 BC, as for earlier periods, is conventionally divided up into usually sequential, numbered dynasties and usually coincide with real breaks, alterations or divisions in the line of dynastic succession as discussed by the authors.
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Genetic diversity in Iranian chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) landraces as revealed by microsatellite markers

TL;DR: A high level of genetic diversity in the northern area, even with a limited number of available landraces compared with the other three regions, might confirm the northern Persia as part of the chickpea centre of origin.