Centers of Diversity (Student Edition)

by: Elizabeth Rice, Marianne Krasny, and Margaret E. Smith

What country do you think is the origin of the tomato? In this chapter, tables and graphs are used to understand the relationship between food plants and the biomes they originated in. Plant centers of origin are related to the ecology of geographic regions. Tables and maps are used in this chapter to understand the geographic origins of food plants.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2006Stock # PB199XT_S8

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Ruth Hutson (Westmoreland, KS)
Ruth Hutson (Westmoreland, KS)

Nice mapping activity

I intend to use this activity with my students to introduce the ideas of center of origin and centers of genetic diversity. As an introduction to the activity, it would be useful to show st... See More

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