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SUMMARY:The domestication of the seasons\, a later critical stage in the t
 ransformation of cultivated plants - Professor Martin Jones (University of
  Cambridge)
DTSTART:20180117T163000Z
DTEND:20180117T173000Z
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CONTACT:Michael Rivera
DESCRIPTION:Recent studies of crop domestication have shifted the focus of
  debate from notions of active selection and breeding to the opportunistic
  responses to unintended consequences of co-evolution.  Such responses rel
 ates to a much wider range of traits than simply the classic domestication
  traits.  One example is the changing seasonality responses of plants unde
 r domestication.\n\nThis talk reviews recent work on the seasonality of cr
 op growth\, with particular reference to our recent work on barley\, how t
 hat is affected by the spread of those crops into new latitudes and altitu
 des\, and how opportunistic responses to genetic changes in the crops has 
 from later prehistory had radical repercussions upon societies across the 
 world.  The talk will finally return to reflect on the place of active sel
 ection in breeding in the wider domestication process.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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