Research involving ancient DNA (aDNA) has experienced a true technological revolution in
recent years through advances in the recovery of aDNA and, particularly, through …

There is growing consensus that we have entered the Anthropocene, a geologic epoch
characterized by human domination of the ecosystems of the Earth. With the future …

Potato, one of the most important staple crops, originates from the highlands of the
equatorial Andes. There, potatoes propagate vegetatively via tubers under short days …

Human selection, changes in environmental conditions and management practices drove
the phenotypic trajectory of crops during domestication. The characterization of the crop …

The initial domestication of plants and animals and the subsequent emergence of
agricultural economies in different world regions represent a major evolutionary transition in …

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How contemporary plant genomes originated and evolved is a fascinating question. One
approach uses reference genomes from extant species to reconstruct the sequence and …

Wheat was introduced to China approximately 4500 years ago, where it adapted over a
span of time to various environments in agro‐ecological growing zones. We investigated …

Highlights•DNA from plant historic samples can be sequenced using next-generation
sequencing.•Library-based methods are superior to PCR for sequencing of ancient …

Following the discovery in the late 1980s that hard tissues such as bones and teeth preserve
genetic information, the field of ancient DNA analysis has typically concentrated upon these …