Genome analyses reveal the hybrid origin of the staple food crop white Guinea yam
Y. Sugihara, K. Darkwa, H. Yaegashi, S. Natsume, M. Shimizu, A. Abe, A. Hirabuchi, K. Ito, K. Oikawa, M. Tamiru-Oli, A. Ohta, R. Matsumoto, A. Paterne, D. De Koeyer, B. Pachakkil, , R. Terauchi
This study reveals the hybrid origin of white Guinea yam through genomic analysis, showing it arose from crosses between D. praehensilis and D. abyssinica with significant introgression around the SWEETIE gene.
bioRxiv · Jul 14, 2020Evolutionary Biology