Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

The domestication of animals led to a major shift in human subsistence patterns, from a
hunter–gatherer to a sedentary agricultural lifestyle, which ultimately resulted in the …

How two subgenomes in allo-tetraploids adapt to coexistence and coordinate through
structure and expression evolution requires extensive studies. In the present study, we …

Maize (Zea mays) originated in tropical areas and is thus susceptible to low temperatures,
which pose a major threat to maize production. Our understanding of the molecular basis of …

The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the
development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations. This narrative …

The evidence from ancient crops over the past decade challenges some of our most basic
assumptions about the process of domestication. The emergence of crops has been viewed …

Plant life defines the environments to which animals adapt and provides the basis of food
webs. This was equally true for hunter-gatherer economies of ancestral humans, yet through …

Background Vegetatively propagated crops are globally significant in terms of current
agricultural production, as well as for understanding the long-term history of early agriculture …

Abstract Background Persian walnut, Juglans regia, occurs naturally from Greece to western
China, while its closest relative, the iron walnut, Juglans sigillata, is endemic in southwest …

Formerly domesticated organisms and artificially selected genes often escape controlled
cultivation, but their subsequent evolution is not well studied. In this review, we examine …