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xxiv, 606 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. The local origins of domestication / Jared Diamond -- Early steps in agricultural domestication / Robert Bettinger -- Evolution of agro-ecosystems: biodiversity, origins and differential development / David R. Harris -- From foraging to farming in western and eastern Asia 151 / Ofer Bar-Yosef -- Predomestic cultivation during the late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the northern Levant / George Willcox -- New archaeobotanical information on plant domestication from macro-remains: tracking the evolution of domestication syndrome traits / Dorian Q. Fuller -- New archaeobotanical information on early cultivation and plant domestication involving microplant remains / Dolores R. Piperno -- How and why did agriculture spread? / Peter Bellwood -- California Indian proto-agriculture: its characterization and legacy / Kat Anderson and Eric Wohlgemuth -- Domestication of animals and impacts on humans / Thomas Famula -- Pathways to animal domestication / Melinda A. Zeder -- Genetics of animal domestication / Leif Andersson -- Genome-wide approaches for the study of dog domestication / Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Melissa M. Gray, and Robert K. Wayne -- Malaria and rickets represent selective forces for the convergent evolution of adult lactase persistence / Loren Cordain, Mathew S. Hickley, and Kami Kim -- Issues in plant domestication / Paul Gepts -- The dynamics of rice domestication: a balance between gene flow and genetic isolation / Susan R. McCouch ... [et al.] -- Domestication of lima beans: a new look at an old problem / M.I. Chacon S. ... [et al.] -- Genetic characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and yam (Dioscorea trifida L.) landraces in swidden agriculture systems in Brazil / Elizabeth A. Veasey ... [et al.] -- Pigeonpea: from an orphan to a leader in food legumes / C.L. Laxmipathi Gowda ... [et al.] -- Traditional management of biodiversity / Stephen Brush -- Ecological approaches to crop domestication / D.B. McKey ... [et al.] -- Agrobiodiversity shifts on three continents since Vavilov and Harlan: assessing causes, processes and implications for food security / Gary Paul Nabhan ... [et al.] -- Indigenous peoples conserving, managing, and creating biodiversity / Jan Salick -- Land architecture in the Maya lowlands: implications for sustainability / B.L. Turner II and Deborah Lawrence -- Agrobiodiversity and water resources in agricultural landscape evolution (Andean Valley irrigation, Bolivia, 1986 to 2008) / Karl S. Zimmerer -- Uses of biodiversity and new and future domestications / Patrick McGuire and Calvin Qualset -- Participatory domestication of indigenous fruit and nut trees: new crops for sustainable agriculture in developing countries / Roger R.B. Leakey -- The introduction and dispersal of Vitis vinifera into California: a case study of the interaction of man, plants, economics, and environment / James Lapsley -- Genetic resources of yeast and other micro-organisms / Charles W. Bamforth -- Biodiversity of native bees and crop pollination with emphasis on California / Robbin W. Thorp -- Aquaculture, the next wave of domestication / Dennis Hedgecock -- Genetic sustainability and biodiversity: challenges to the California dairy industry / Juan F. Medrano specialized edited by Paul Gepts ... [et al.] Includes bibliographical references and index Agrobiodiversity Congresses 9780521764599 0521764599 9780521170871 (pbk.) UMP 120528 20251117150150.0 vtls000060436