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Large-scale whole-genome resequencing unravels the domestication history of Cannabis sativa

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Title
Large-scale whole-genome resequencing unravels the domestication history of Cannabis sativa
Published in
Science Advances, July 2021
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.abg2286
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Authors

Guangpeng Ren, Xu Zhang, Ying Li, Kate Ridout, Martha L Serrano-Serrano, Yongzhi Yang, Ai Liu, Gudasalamani Ravikanth, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Abdul Samad Mumtaz, Nicolas Salamin, Luca Fumagalli

Abstract

Cannabis sativa has long been an important source of fiber extracted from hemp and both medicinal and recreational drugs based on cannabinoid compounds. Here, we investigated its poorly known domestication history using whole-genome resequencing of 110 accessions from worldwide origins. We show that C. sativa was first domesticated in early Neolithic times in East Asia and that all current hemp and drug cultivars diverged from an ancestral gene pool currently represented by feral plants and landraces in China. We identified candidate genes associated with traits differentiating hemp and drug cultivars, including branching pattern and cellulose/lignin biosynthesis. We also found evidence for loss of function of genes involved in the synthesis of the two major biochemically competing cannabinoids during selection for increased fiber production or psychoactive properties. Our results provide a unique global view of the domestication of C. sativa and offer valuable genomic resources for ongoing functional and molecular breeding research.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 36 12%
Student > Master 27 9%
Student > Bachelor 27 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 16 5%
Other 38 12%
Unknown 141 46%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 75 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 40 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 2%
Environmental Science 5 2%
Other 28 9%
Unknown 145 47%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1043. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 August 2024.
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