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Unraveling the Complex Hybrid Ancestry and Domestication History of Cultivated Strawberry.
Molecular biology and evolution - 19 May 2021
Hardigan Michael A, Lorant Anne, Pincot Dominique D A, Feldmann Mitchell J, Famula Randi A, Acharya Charlotte B, Lee Seonghee, Verma Sujeet, Whitaker Vance M, Bassil Nahla, Zurn Jason, Cole Glenn S, Bird Kevin, Edger Patrick P, Knapp Steven J
Abstract excerpt
Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) is one of our youngest domesticates, originating in early eighteenth-century Europe from spontaneous hybrids between wild allo-octoploid species (Fragaria chiloensis and Fragaria virginiana). The improvement of horticultural traits by 300 years of breeding has enabled the global expansion of strawberry production. Here, we describe the genomic history of strawberry...
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