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Diversification of mandarin citrus by hybrid speciation and apomixis.
Nature communications - 26 Jul 2021
Wu Guohong Albert, Sugimoto Chikatoshi, Kinjo Hideyasu, Azama Chika, Mitsube Fumimasa, Talon Manuel, Gmitter Frederick G, Rokhsar Daniel S
Abstract excerpt
The origin and dispersal of cultivated and wild mandarin and related citrus are poorly understood. Here, comparative genome analysis of 69 new east Asian genomes and other mainland Asian citrus reveals a previously unrecognized wild sexual species native to the Ryukyu Islands: C. ryukyuensis sp. nov. The taxonomic complexity of east Asian mandarins then collapses to a satisfying simplicity, accounting for...
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