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Genome of Wild Mandarin and Domestication History of Mandarin.
Molecular plant - 6 Aug 2018
Wang Lun, He Fa, Huang Yue, He Jiaxian, Yang Shuizhi, Zeng Jiwu, Deng Chongling, Jiang Xiaolin, Fang Yiwen, Wen Shaohua, Xu Rangwei, Yu Huiwen, Yang Xiaoming, Zhong Guangyan, Chen Chuanwu, Yan Xiang, Zhou Changfu, Zhang Hongyan, Xie Zongzhou, Larkin Robert M, Deng Xiuxin, Xu Qiang
Abstract excerpt
Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) is one of the most important citrus crops worldwide. Its domestication is believed to have occurred in South China, which has been one of the centers of mandarin cultivation for four millennia. We collected natural wild populations of mandarin around the Nanling region and cultivated landraces in the vicinity. We found that the citric acid level was dramatically reduced in cultivated...
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