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Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 7 Jul 2017
Avni Raz, Nave Moran, Barad Omer, Baruch Kobi, Twardziok Sven O, Gundlach Heidrun, Hale Iago, Mascher Martin, Spannagl Manuel, Wiebe Krystalee, Jordan Katherine W, Golan Guy, Deek Jasline, Ben-Zvi Batsheva, Ben-Zvi Gil, Himmelbach Axel, MacLachlan Ron P, Sharpe Andrew G, Fritz Allan, Ben-David Roi, Budak Hikmet, Fahima Tzion, Korol Abraham, Faris Justin D, Hernandez Alvaro, Mikel Mark A, Levy Avraham A, Steffenson Brian, Maccaferri Marco, Tuberosa Roberto, Cattivelli Luigi, Faccioli Primetta, Ceriotti Aldo, Kashkush Khalil, Pourkheirandish Mohammad, Komatsuda Takao, Eilam Tamar, Sela Hanan, Sharon Amir, Ohad Nir, Chamovitz Daniel A, Mayer Klaus F X, Stein Nils, Ronen Gil, Peleg Zvi, Pozniak Curtis J, Akhunov Eduard D, Distelfeld Assaf
Abstract excerpt
Wheat (Triticum spp.) is one of the founder crops that likely drove the Neolithic transition to sedentary agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent more than 10,000 years ago. Identifying genetic modifications underlying wheat's domestication requires knowledge about the genome of its allo-tetraploid progenitor, wild emmer (T. turgidum ssp. dicoccoides). We report a 10.1-gigabase assembly of the 14 chromosomes...
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