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The genomes of ancient date palms germinated from 2,000 y old seeds.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 May 2021
Gros-Balthazard Muriel, Flowers Jonathan M, Hazzouri Khaled M, Ferrand Sylvie, Aberlenc Frédérique, Sallon Sarah, Purugganan Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Seven date palm seeds (Phoenix dactylifera L.), radiocarbon dated from the fourth century BCE to the second century CE, were recovered from archaeological sites in the Southern Levant and germinated to yield viable plants. We conducted whole-genome sequencing of these germinated ancient samples and used single-nucleotide polymorphism data to examine the genetics of these previously extinct Judean date palms. We...
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