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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…·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.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.04.749326