Evidence of an additional wild contributor, Malus orientalis Uglitzk., to the genome of cultivated apple varieties in the Caucasus and Iran
H. Bina, H. Yousefzadeh, A. Venon, C. Remoue, A. Rousselet, M. Falque, S. Faramarzi, C. Xilong, J. Samanchina, D. Gill, A. Kabaeva, T. GIRAUD, B. Hossainpour, A. Hamid, I. Gabrielyan, , A. A. Cornille
The paper identifies Malus orientalis as an additional contributor to cultivated apple genomes in the Caucasus and Iran, revealing multiple domestication origins and gene flow between wild and cultivated populations.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology