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Soybean maintained immunodiversity during domestication despite a significant loss in genetic diversity.
Current biology : CB - 2 Feb 2026
Lai Yan, Laflamme Bradley, Morales Nadia, Breit-McNally Clare, Av-Shalom Tamar V, Wang Pauline W, Tenuta Albert U, Belzile Francois, Desveaux Darrell, Guttman David S
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Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is one of the most economically important crops in the world, but every year, pathogens cause billions of dollars' worth of losses worldwide. The domestication of this critical crop was associated with several severe genetic bottlenecks that resulted in a dramatic loss of genetic diversity (∼50%) relative to its wild progenitor. Although domestication selected for favorable...
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