Article
Selection and adaptive introgression guided the complex evolutionary history of the European common bean.
Nature communications - 5 Apr 2023
Bellucci Elisa, Benazzo Andrea, Xu Chunming, Bitocchi Elena, Rodriguez Monica, Alseekh Saleh, Di Vittori Valerio, Gioia Tania, Neumann Kerstin, Cortinovis Gaia, Frascarelli Giulia, Murube Ester, Trucchi Emiliano, Nanni Laura, Ariani Andrea, Logozzo Giuseppina, Shin Jin Hee, Liu Chaochih, Jiang Liang, Ferreira Juan José, Campa Ana, Attene Giovanna, Morrell Peter L, Bertorelle Giorgio, Graner Andreas, Gepts Paul, Fernie Alisdair R, Jackson Scott A, Papa Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Domesticated crops have been disseminated by humans over vast geographic areas. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) was introduced in Europe after 1492. Here, by combining whole-genome profiling, metabolic fingerprinting and phenotypic characterisation, we show that the first common bean cultigens successfully introduced into Europe were of Andean origin, after Francisco Pizarro's expedition to northern Peru in...
Topics
- Humans
- Phaseolus
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Biological Evolution
- Hybridization, Genetic