Satu-satunya orang minangkabau yg tak punya otak adalah jusfiq hadjar. 
Disamping itu, juga tak punya harga diri. Mau saja dikibulin oleh pelacur2 
intelektual orientalis. 

--- Pada Jum, 16/7/10, Kesayangan Allah <[email protected]> menulis:

Dari: Kesayangan Allah <[email protected]>
Judul: [proletar] SD: Domestication Of Chile Pepper Provides Insights Into Crop 
Origin  And Evolution
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Tanggal: Jumat, 16 Juli, 2010, 6:41 PM

Terutama buat orang Minangkabau yang punya otak dan tidak lagi menolak
teori Darwin yang telah terbukti benar itu.

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Domestication Of Chile Pepper Provides Insights Into Crop Origin And Evolution
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These are varieties of four domesticated chiles. (Credit: Dr.
Seung-Chul Kim, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of
California, Riverside, California)

ScienceDaily (July 9, 2009) — Chile peppers have long played an
important role in the diets of Mesoamerican people.  Capsicum annuum
is one of five domesticated species of chiles and is one of the
primary components of these diets. However, little is known regarding
the original location of domestication of C. annuum and the genetic
diversity in wild relatives. Researchers have now found a large amount
of diversity in individuals from the Yucatan Peninsula, making this a
center of diversity for chiles.

Without the process of domestication, humans would still be hunters
and gatherers, and modern civilization would look very different.
Fortunately, for all of us who do not relish the thought of spending
our days searching for nuts and berries, early civilizations
successfully cultivated many species of animals and plants found in
their surroundings. Current studies of the domestication of various
species provide a fascinating glimpse into the past.

A recent article by Dr. Seung-Chul Kim and colleagues in the June 2009
issue of the American Journal of Botany explores the domestication of
chiles. These hot peppers, found in everything from hot chocolate to
salsa, have long played an important role in the diets of Mesoamerican
people, possibly since as early as ~8000 B.C. Capsicum annuum is one
of five domesticated species of chiles and is notable as one of the
primary components, along with maize, of the diet of Mesoamerican
peoples. However, little has been known regarding the original
location of domestication of C. annuum, the number of times it was
domesticated, and the genetic diversity present in wild relatives.

To answer these questions, Dr. Kim and his team examined DNA sequence
variation and patterns at three nuclear loci in a broad selection of
semiwild and domesticated individuals. Dr. Kim et al. found a large
amount of diversity in individuals from the Yucatan Peninsula, making
this a center of diversity for chiles and possibly a location of C.
annuum domestication. Previously, the eastern part of central Mexico
had been considered to be the primary center of domestication of C.
annuum. On the basis of patterns in the sequence data, Dr. Kim et al.
hypothesize that chiles were independently domesticated several times
from geographically distant wild progenitors by different prehistoric
cultures in Mexico, in contrast to maize and beans which appear to
have been domesticated only once.

Geographical separation among cultivated populations was reflected in
DNA sequence variation. This separation suggests that seed exchange
among farmers from distant locations is not significantly influencing
genetic diversity, in contrast to maize and beans seeds, which are
traded by farmers across long distances. Less genetic diversification
was seen in wild populations of C. annuum from distant locales,
perhaps as a result of long-distance seed dispersal by birds and
mammals.

Across the three loci studied, Dr. Kim and colleagues found an average
reduction in diversity of 10% in domesticated individuals compared
with the semiwild individuals. Domesticated chiles in traditional
agricultural habits, however, harbor unique gene pools and serve as
important reservoirs of genetic diversity important for conserving
biodiversity.

This work was conducted primarily by Araceli Aguilar-Meléndez as her
dissertation project under the guidance of Drs. Kim and Mikeal Roose
in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of
California at Riverside. The research was supported by the University
of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS),
El Coneso Nacional de Ciencia y Technología (CONACYT), and a gift from
the McIlhenny Company. Aguilar-Meléndez, Kim, and their colleagues
plan to continue research on this remarkably variable and economically
important spice in Mesoamerica.
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