A Multifaceted Overview of Apple Tree Domestication.

Cornille A; Antolín F; Garcia E; Vernesi C; Fietta A; Brinkkemper O; Kirleis W; Schlumbaum A; Roldán-Ruiz I

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.007

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A Multifaceted Overview of Apple Tree Domestication.

Cornille A Génétique Quantitative et Evolution- Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Electronic address: amandine.cornille@inra.fr.
Antolín F Integrative Prehistory and Archeological Science (IPNA/IPAS), Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Spalenring 145, 4055 Basel, Switzerland.
Garcia E Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Vernesi C Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre - Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy.
Fietta A Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre - Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy.
Brinkkemper O Cultural Heritage Agency, PO Box 1600, 3800 BP Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Kirleis W Institute for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archeology/Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Schlumbaum A Integrative Prehistory and Archeological Science (IPNA/IPAS), Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Spalenring 145, 4055 Basel, Switzerland.
Roldán-Ruiz I Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (ILVO), Plant Sciences Unit, Caritasstraat 39, 9090 Melle, Belgium; Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.

2019-07-13

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Trends in plant science. - 2019

English 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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