Contrasting genomic routes to domestication in Occidental and Oriental pears
Yuqi Nie, Xilong Chen, Somia Saidi, Yann Bourgeois, Anthony Venon, Johann Confais, Aurélie Mesnil, Shuo Liu, Yuhao Gao, Junbei Ni, Songling Bai, Lijuan Gao, Guofang Li, Hoefer Monika, Nicolas Francillonne, , Amandine Cornille
This study compares domestication routes in European and East Asian pears, finding weak bottlenecks, gene flow, and no cost-of-domestication effect.
bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2025 · PreprintGenomics