The Evolutionary Genomics of Grape (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera) Domestication
Y. Zhou, M. Massonnet, J. Sanjak, D. Cantu, B. S. Gaut
This study uses genomic data from grapes to investigate the duration, genetic changes, and costs of domestication, finding a 22,000-year population decline and increased deleterious mutations in cultivated grapes.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2017Evolutionary Biology