We elucidate grapevine evolution and domestication histories with 3525 cultivated and wild
accessions worldwide. In the Pleistocene, harsh climate drove the separation of wild grape …

The color of grape skins is determined by the accumulation of red plant pigments called
anthocyanins. White cultivars of grape are thought to have arisen from different red cultivars …

Structural variants (SVs) are a largely unexplored feature of plant genomes. Little is known
about the type and size of SVs, their distribution among individuals and, especially, their …

We gathered genomic data from grapes (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera), a clonally propagated
perennial crop, to address three ongoing mysteries about plant domestication. The first is the …

The grape is one of the earliest domesticated fruit crops and, since antiquity, it has been
widely cultivated and prized for its fruit and wine. Here, we characterize genome-wide …

Domesticated grapevines spread to Europe around 3,000 years ago. Previous studies have
revealed genomic signals of introgression from wild to cultivated grapes in Europe, but the …

Domestication is a process of selection driven by humans, transforming wild progenitors into
domesticated crops. The grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), besides being one of the most …

Abstract Background Grapevine (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera) is one of the most important
and ancient horticultural plants in the world. Domesticated about 8–10,000 years ago in the …

In order to elucidate the still controversial processes that originated European wine grapes
from its wild progenitor, here we analyse 204 genomes of Vitis vinifera and show that all …

The farming way of life originated in the Near East some 11,000 years ago and had reached
most of the European continent 5000 years later. However, the impact of the agricultural …