Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls
by liability on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:51AM
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You're correct. Rice and corn are almost tied as staple crops. Wheat, potatoes and bananas trail those two relatively closely. There may be little genetic diversity inside any particular staple food, but there are nevertheless several unrelated staple foods that feed the world.
If blight were to wipe out one or two, things would get bad but I'm confident we'd pull through as a species.
If blight were to wipe out one or two, things would get bad but I'm confident we'd pull through as a species.