?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10750%2F&rft.title=Domestication+of+Barley+in+Eritrean+Farmer%E2%80%99s+Fields&rft.creator=Orabi%2C+Jihad&rft.creator=Backes%2C+Gunter&rft.creator=Wolday%2C+Asmelash&rft.creator=Yahyaoui%2C+Amor&rft.creator=Jahoor%2C+Ahmed&rft.subject=+Breeding%2C+genetics+and+propagation&rft.description=According+to+a+widely+accepted+theory+on+barley+domestication%2C+wild+barley+(Hordeum+vulgare+ssp.+spontaneum)+from+the+Fertile+Crescent+is+the+progenitor+of+all+cultivated+barley+(Hordeum+vulgare+ssp.+vulgare).+In+order+to+determine+whether+barley+has+undergone+According+to+a+widely+accepted+theory+on+barley+domestication%2C+wild+barley+(Hordeum+vulgare+ssp.+spontaneum)+from+the+Fertile+Crescent+is+the+progenitor+of+all+cultivated+barley+(Hordeum+vulgare+ssp.+vulgare).+To+determine+whether+barley+has+undergone+one+or+more+domestication+events%2C+barley+accessions+from+three+continents+have+been+studied+(a)+using+38+nuclear+SSR+(nuSSRs)+markers%2C+(b)+using+five+chloroplast+SSR+(cpSSR)+markers+yielding+5+polymorphic+loci+and+(c)+by+detecting+the+differences+in+a+468+bp+fragment+from+the+non-coding+region+of+chloroplast+DNA.+A+clear+separation+was+found+between+Eritrean%2FEthiopian+barley+and+barley+from+West+Asia+and+North+Africa+(WANA)+as+well+as+from+Europe.+The+data+from+chloroplast+DNA+clearly+indicate+that+the+wild+barley+(Hordeum+vulgare+ssp.+spontaneum)+as+it+is+found+today+in+the+%E2%80%9CFertile+Crescent%E2%80%9D+might+not+be+the+progenitor+of+the+barley+cultivated+in+Eritrea+(and+Ethiopia).+Consequently%2C+an+independent+domestication+might+have+taken+place+at+the+Horn+of+Africa.&rft.date=2007-04&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10750%2F1%2F10750.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Orabi%2C+Jihad%3B+Backes%2C+Gunter%3B+Wolday%2C+Asmelash%3B+Yahyaoui%2C+Amor+and+Jahoor%2C+Ahmed+++(2007)+Domestication+of+Barley+in+Eritrean+Farmer%E2%80%99s+Fields.+++Theoretical+and+Applied+Genetics%2C+114+(6)%2C+pp.+1117-1127.++++++++