Archaeogenomics of a ~2,100-year-old Egyptian leaf provides a new timestamp on date palm domestication
O. A. Perez-Escobar, S. Bellot, M. Gros-Balthazard, J. M. Flowers, M. Nesbitt, P. Ryan, R. M. Gutaker, T. Wells, R. J. Schley, D. Bogarin, N. Przelomska, S. Dodsworth, R. Diaz, M. Lehmann, P. Petoe, , W. Baker
The paper analyzes an ancient date palm leaf to determine the timing of gene flow from wild relatives to domesticated date palms, finding hybridization occurred at least 2,100 years ago.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology