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SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5741661 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Lei L Su Wenqing W Tao Rong R Zhang Weiyi W Chen Jiongjiong J Wu Peiyao P Yan Chenghuan C Jia Yue Y Larkin Robert M RM Lavelle Dean D Truco Maria-Jose MJ Chin-Wo Sebastian Reyes SR Michelmore Richard W RW Kuang Hanhui H
Nature communications 20171222 1
Different horticultural types of lettuce exhibit tremendous morphological variation. However, the molecular basis for domestication and divergence among the different horticultural types of lettuce remains unknown. Here, we report the RNA sequencing of 240 lettuce accessions sampled from the major horticultural types and wild relatives, generating 1.1 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Demographic modeling indicates that there was a single domestication event for lettuce. We identif ...[more]