New insight into the history of domesticated apple: secondary contribution of the European wild apple to the genome of cultivated varieties

• Published in: PLoS genetics Vol. 8; no. 5; p. e1002703
• Main Authors: Cornille, Amandine, Gladieux, Pierre, Smulders, Marinus J M, Roldán-Ruiz, Isabel, Laurens, François, Le Cam, Bruno, Nersesyan, Anush, Clavel, Joanne, Olonova, Marina, Feugey, Laurence, Gabrielyan, Ivan, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Tenaillon, Maud I, Giraud, Tatiana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.05.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agriculture; allele frequency data; ancestors; appels; Appels, peren; Apple; apples; Apples, Pears; approximate bayesian computation; Asia; Biology; Breeding; China; Crops; domesticatie; Domesticatie van cultuurgewassen; Domestication; Europe; Evolution, Molecular; Forests; Fruit - genetics; fruit tree; Fruits; Gene Flow; Genetic aspects; Genetic diversity; Genetic Variation; genetische bronnen van plantensoorten; genetische diversiteit; Genome, Plant; Genomes; genus malus; Life Sciences; Malus - genetics; malus domestica; microsatellite markers; Microsatellite Repeats; molecular-genetics; multilocus genotype data; Phylogeography; Physiological aspects; Plant Domestication; plant genetic resources; population-structure; Spain; spondias-purpurea; Studies; sylvestris l. mill; voorouders; wild relatives; wilde verwanten; Asia; China; Europe; Spain; France; Western Europe

The apple is the most common and culturally important fruit crop of temperate areas. The elucidation of its origin and domestication history is therefore of great interest. The wild Central Asian species Malus sieversii has previously been identified as the main contributor to the genome of the cult...