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The complex domestication history of the common bean

Nature Genetics volume 46, pages 663–664 (2014)Cite this article

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A new study reports the genome of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and genome-wide resequencing data from both wild and domesticated accessions. These data confirm that common bean was domesticated at least twice, in Mesoamerica and South America, and also provide a framework to identify genes that contributed to the phenotypic changes associated with domestication.

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Gaut, B. The complex domestication history of the common bean. Nat Genet 46, 663–664 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3017

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