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

• Published in: Genome Biology Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 60
• Main Authors: Rendón-Anaya, Martha, Montero-Vargas, Josaphat M, Saburido-Álvarez, Soledad, Vlasova, Anna, Capella-Gutierrez, Salvador, Ordaz-Ortiz, José Juan, Aguilar, O Mario, Vianello-Brondani, Rosana P, Santalla, Marta, Delaye, Luis, Gabaldón, Toni, Gepts, Paul, Winkler, Robert, Guigó, Roderic, Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso, Herrera-Estrella, Alfredo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 29.03.2017; BMC
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptive traits; Beans; Bioinformatics; Chloroplasts; Common bean; Corn; Domestication; Evolution; Flavonoids - biosynthesis; Gene Flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic Variation; Genome, Plant; Genomes; Genomic introgression; Genomics; Haplotypes; Mass spectrometry; Metabolome; Metabolomics - methods; Phaseolus - classification; Phaseolus - genetics; Phaseolus - metabolism; Phaseolus vulgaris; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant Physiological Phenomena - genetics; Scientific imaging; Selection, Genetic; Sibling species; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Speciation; Species Specificity; Subpopulations; Ecuador; Mexico; Mesoamerica; Domestication; Adaptive traits; Common bean; Genomic introgression; Speciation

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.) is the mos...