Plant Domestication: Wild Date Palms Illuminate a Crop's Sticky Origins

Nathan Wales; Benjamin K. Blackman

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.070

Plant Domestication: Wild Date Palms Illuminate a Crop's Sticky Origins

Nathan Wales^*, Benjamin K. Blackman

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In a new study, previously unknown populations of wild date palm have been identified in remote areas of Oman. Genomic analyses indicate date palm domestication occurred in the eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula and reveal substantial subsequent gene flow with African palm populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R702-R704
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	27
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.070
Publication status	Published - 24 Jul 2017

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