Genomic Evidences Support an Independent History of Grapevine Domestication in the Levant
Aviad Sivan, Oshrit Rahimi, Mali Salmon-Divon, Ehud Weiss, Elyashiv Drori, Sariel Hubner
The paper uses whole-genome sequencing to show Levantine grapevines are a distinct lineage from Eurasian varieties, with domestication in the Caucasus predating Levantine samples by ~5000 years.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology