Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

Humans have domesticated hundreds of plant and animal species as sources of food, fiber,
forage, and tools over the past 12,000 years, with manifold effects on both human society …

The origins of maize were the topic of vigorous debate for nearly a century, but neither the
current genetic model nor earlier archaeological models account for the totality of available …

Rice (Oryza sativa) serves as a staple food for more than one-third of the global population.
However, its journey from a wild gathered food to domestication remains enigmatic, sparking …

Tremendous chemical diversity is the hallmark of plants and is supported by highly complex
biochemical machinery. Plant metabolic enzymes originated and were transferred from …

Polyploidy, or whole genome multiplication, is ubiquitous among angiosperms. Many crop
species are relatively recent allopolyploids, resulting from interspecific hybridization and …

Here, we aim to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most significant
outcomes in the literature regarding the origin of Phaseolus genus, the geographical …

Human selection during crop domestication has resulted in remarkable transformations of
plant phenotypes, providing a window into the genetic basis of morphological evolution …

Although applied over extremely short timescales, artificial selection has dramatically altered
the form, physiology, and life history of cultivated plants. We have used RNAseq to define …

Domestication of wild plant species has provided us with crops that serve our human
nutritional needs. Advanced DNA sequencing has propelled the unveiling of underlying …