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 …

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 …

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 In Vitis vinifera L., domestication induced a dramatic change in flower
morphology: the wild sylvestris subspecies is dioecious while hermaphroditism is largely …

Background A key step in domestication of the grapevine was the transition from separate
sexes (dioecy) in wild Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris (V. sylvestris) to hermaphroditism in …

Hermaphroditic (perfect) flowers were a key trait in grapevine domestication, enabling a
drastic increase in yields due to the efficiency of self-pollination in the domesticated …

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 genomic resources that are available to the grapevine research community have
increased enormously during the past five years, in parallel with a renewed interest in …