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New insight into the history of domesticated apple: secondary contribution of the European wild apple to the genome of cultivated varieties.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Cornille Amandine, Gladieux Pierre, Smulders Marinus J M, Roldán-Ruiz Isabel, Laurens François, Le Cam Bruno, Nersesyan Anush, Clavel Joanne, Olonova Marina, Feugey Laurence, Gabrielyan Ivan, Zhang Xiu-Guo, Tenaillon Maud I, Giraud Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
The apple is the most common and culturally important fruit crop of temperate areas. The elucidation of its origin and domestication history is therefore of great interest. The wild Central Asian species Malus sieversii has previously been identified as the main contributor to the genome of the cultivated apple (Malus domestica), on the basis of morphological, molecular, and historical evidence. The possible...
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