Zeng-Yuan Wu, Mark A Chapman, Jie Liu, Richard I Milne, Ying Zhao, Ya-Huang Luo, Guang-Fu Zhu, Marc W Cadotte, Ming-Bao Luan, Peng-Zhen Fan, Alex K Monro, Zhi-Peng Li, Richard T Corlett, De-Zhu Li
Feralization is an important evolutionary process, but the mechanisms behind it remain poorly understood. Here, we use the ancient fiber crop, ramie (Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.) as a model to investigate genomic changes associated with both domestication and fertilization. We first produced a chromosome-scale de novo genome assembly of feral ramie and investigated structural variations between feral and domesticated ramie genomes. Next, 915 accessions from 20 countries were gathered, comprising cultivars, major landraces, feral populations and wild progenitor...
May 7, 2024: Plant communications