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Genetic and phenotypic evidence suggest the existence of indigenous olive population of wild var. sylvestris in the Carmel coast, southern Levant.
BMC plant biology - 30 Sept 2024
Ben-Dor Elad, Dag Arnon, Perelberg Amir, Chen Tao, Ben Dor Yoav, Low Ramati Dvora, Tietel Zipora, Galili Ehud, Heinze Berthold, Barazani Oz
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BACKGROUND: Populations of Olea europaea subsp. europaea var. sylvestris, the ancestor of cultivated olives, are scattered across the Mediterranean Basin. However, after millennia of possible hybridization with cultivated varieties, the genetic identity of many of these populations remain questionable. In the southern Levant, the plausible primary domestication center of olives, many of the naturally growing...
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