Vavilovian mimicry
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title:
Vavilovian mimicry
text:
In plant biology, Vavilovian mimicry is a form of mimicry in plants where a weed evolves to share characteristics with a crop plant through generations of involuntary artificial selection. It is named after the Russian plant geneticist Nikolai Vavilov. Selection against the weed may occur by killing a young or adult weed, by separating its seeds from those of the crop by winnowing, or both. The process has operated since Neolithic times, creating secondary crops such as rye and oats through mimi
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Type of biological mimicry in plants
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavilovian_mimicry
date created:
2006-03-14T17:16:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T08:56:26Z
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