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- The apple is a key global fruit crop and serves as a model for studying the evolution and domestication of crops that are grown for multiple seasons.
- Research using various scientific approaches has tracked the history and speed at which apples have been cultivated across Eurasia.
- Combining archeobotanical studies with genetics can reveal important traits that contributed to apple domestication, which could enhance modern apple breeding methods.
Article Abstract
The apple is an iconic tree and a major fruit crop worldwide. It is also a model species for the study of the evolutionary processes and genomic basis underlying the domestication of clonally propagated perennial crops. Multidisciplinary approaches from across Eurasia have documented the pace and process of cultivation of this remarkable crop. While population genetics and genomics have revealed the overall domestication history of apple across Eurasia, untangling the evolutionary processes involved, archeobotany has helped to document the transition from gathering and using apples to the practice of cultivation. Further studies integrating archeogenetic and archeogenomic approaches will bring new insights about key traits involved in apple domestication. Such knowledge has potential to boost innovation in present-day apple breeding.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.007 | DOI Listing |
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