Genomic history of the origin and domestication of common bean unveils its closest sister species

Rendón‐Anaya, Martha; Miguel Montero‐Vargas, Josaphat; Saburido-Álvarez, Soledad; Vlasova, Anna; Capella-Gutiérrez, Salvador; Juan Ordaz-Ortíz, José; Mario Aguilar, O.; Pereira Vianello, Rosana; Santalla, Marta; Delaye, Luis; Gabaldón, Toni; Gepts, Paul; Winkler, Robert; Guigó, Roderic; Delgado‐Salinas, Alfonso; Herrera‐Estrella, Alfredo

doi:10.1186/s13059-017-1190-6

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Genomic history of the origin and domestication of common bean unveils its closest sister species

Published in Genome biology • Mar 29, 2017

Authors:

Martha Rendón‐Anaya

Josaphat Miguel Montero‐Vargas

Soledad Saburido-Álvarez

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Modern civilization depends on only a few plant species for its nourishment. These crops were derived via several thousands of years of human selection that transformed wild ancestors into high-yielding domesticated descendants. Among cultivated plants, common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L....

Subject

Biology

Domestication

Introgression

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