10-08-2006, 02:38 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->According to Londo and Chiang, O. sativa appears to have <b>originated around the foothills of the Himalayas,</b> with<b> O. sativa var. indica on the Indian side and O. sativa var. japonica on the Chinese side </b>[5].
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^ J.P. Londo, Y. Chiang et al, "Phylogeography of Asian wild rice, Oryza rufipogon, reveals multiple independent domestications of cultivated rice, Oryza sativa", PNAS 103(25):9578-83, 2006
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^ J.P. Londo, Y. Chiang et al, "Phylogeography of Asian wild rice, Oryza rufipogon, reveals multiple independent domestications of cultivated rice, Oryza sativa", PNAS 103(25):9578-83, 2006
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