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Historical Routes for Diversification of Domesticated Chickpea Inferred from Landrace Genomics.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jun 2023
Igolkina Anna A, Noujdina Nina V, Vishnyakova Margarita, Longcore Travis, von Wettberg Eric, Nuzhdin Sergey V, Samsonova Maria G
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According to archaeological records, chickpea (Cicer arietinum) was first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years BP. Its subsequent diversification in Middle East, South Asia, Ethiopia, and the Western Mediterranean, however, remains obscure and cannot be resolved using only archeological and historical evidence. Moreover, chickpea has two market types: "desi" and "kabuli," for which the...
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