Diversification and independent domestication of Asian and European pears

Wu, Jun; Wang, Yingtao; Xu, Jiabao; S. Korban, Schuyler; Fei, Zhangjun; Tao, Shutian; Ming, Ray; Tai, Shuaishuai; M. Khan, Awais; Postman, Joseph; Gu, Chao; Yin, Hao; Zheng, Danman; Qi, Kaijie; Li, Yong; Wang, Runze; Deng, Cecilia; Kumar, Satish; Chagné, David; Li, Xiaolong; Wu, Juyou; Huang, Xiaosan; Zhang, Huping; Xie, Zhihua; Li, Xiao; Zhang, Mingyue; Li, Yanhong; Yue, Zhen; Fang, Xiaodong; Li, Jiaming; Li, Leiting; Jin, Cong; Qin, Mengfan; Zhang, Jiaying; Wu, Xiao; Ke, Yaqi; Wang, Jian; Yang, Huanmimg; Zhang, Shaoling

doi:10.1186/s13059-018-1452-y

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Diversification and independent domestication of Asian and European pears

Published in Genome biology • Jun 11, 2018

Authors:

Jun Wu

Yingtao Wang

Jiabao Xu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pear (Pyrus) is a globally grown fruit, with thousands of cultivars in five domesticated species and dozens of wild species. However, little is known about the evolutionary history of these pear species and what has contributed to the distinct phenotypic traits between Asian pears and Eu...

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Biology

Domestication

Diversification (marketing strategy)

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