Resumen de la plática Wild emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicccoides) stands among the earliest plant species to give rise to domesticated forms in the Fertile Crescent, approximately 11,000 years ago. Today, one of its descendants, bread wheat, is a staple crop of immense socio-economic importance, contributing to approximately 20% of the world's caloric intake. […]

Resumen de la plática Maize domestication is one of the most extreme examples of human-driven selection. Originating from a grass native to Mesoamerica around ten thousand years ago, maize underwent significant morphological transformations that obscured its origins for nearly a decade. Understanding the dispersion routes, admixture patterns, and the sequence of changes that led tomaize […]