Positive selection on hotspot and reinforcing regulatory alleles contributed to hexaploid bread wheat improvement.
Shuhua Zhan, Elie Raherison, William Hargreaves, Nia Hughes, Roos Goessen, Mohammad Mahdi Majidi, R. E. Knox, Richard Douglas Cuthbert, LEWIS N. LUKENS
The paper identifies regulatory polymorphisms in hexaploid bread wheat and shows how selection on these alleles improved crop performance.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2025 · PreprintGenomics