The Genomic History of Grapevines (mit deutschen Untertiteln)

Cultivation and growth of grapevines have strongly influenced European civilizations, but where the grapevine comes from and how it has spread across the globe has been highly disputed so far. In an extensive genome project, researchers from the Chinese Yunnan Agricultural University have determined its origin and evolution from the wild vine to today’s cultivar by analyzing thousands of vine genomes collected along the Silk Road from China to Western Europe. The collection of wild vines of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) played an important role in the above project.

The researchers published their findings in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8655

Further information: https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2023_007_genome-research-origin-and-evolution-of-vine.php

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