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Multiple origins of cultivated grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. ssp. sativa) based on chloroplast DNA polymorphisms.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2006
Arroyo-García R, Ruiz-García L, Bolling L, Ocete R, López M A, Arnold C, Ergul A, Söylemezoğlu G, Uzun H I, Cabello F, Ibáñez J, Aradhya M K, Atanassov A, Atanassov I, Balint S, Cenis J L, Costantini L, Goris-Lavets S, Grando M S, Klein B Y, McGovern P E, Merdinoglu D, Pejic I, Pelsy F, Primikirios N, Risovannaya V, Roubelakis-Angelakis K A, Snoussi H, Sotiri P, Tamhankar S, This P, Troshin L, Malpica J M, Lefort F, Martinez-Zapater J M
Abstract excerpt
The domestication of the Eurasian grape (Vitis vinifera ssp. sativa) from its wild ancestor (Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris) has long been claimed to have occurred in Transcaucasia where its greatest genetic diversity is found and where very early archaeological evidence, including grape pips and artefacts of a 'wine culture', have been excavated. Whether from Transcaucasia or the nearby Taurus or Zagros...
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