Catcher in the rye: museomics reveals the identity of cereal remains recovered from a late nineteenth century antique furniture
Péter Poczai, Saeideh Javid, Zoárd V. Kenessey, Sundre K. Winslow, Laura Capelatti, Rocío Deanna, Tamás Németh, Ottó Veisz, I. Karsaï, András Cseh
The paper identifies and characterizes cereal remains from 19th-century furniture using genome skimming and DNA analysis, revealing it as a Central European rye at the transition between landrace and improved variety.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2026 · PreprintGenomics