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We have domesticated crops over a very long period of time, like tens of thousands of years. and crops get - seeds get carried. sometimes, if they're very small seeds, they get scattered off trucks. pollen travels.
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We Have Domesticated Crops Over A Very

Nina Fedoroff
We have domesticated crops over a very long period of time, like tens of thousands of years. and crops get - seeds get carried. sometimes, if they're very small seeds, they get scattered off trucks. pollen travels.
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