Amandine Cornille

TL;DR: It is shown that the evolution of domesticated apples occurred over a long time period and involved more than one wild species, supporting the view that self-incompatibility, a long lifespan, and cultural practices such as selection from open-pollinated seeds have facilitated introgression from wild relatives and the maintenance of genetic variation during domestication.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the most recent findings on the genetics and ecology of apple domestication and its impact on wild apples and discussed the implications of this knowledge for apple breeding and for the conservation of wild apples.

TL;DR: The olive is a relevant model for improving knowledge of domestication processes in clonally propagated perennial crops, particularly those of the Mediterranean Basin, and is argued that more detailed ecological genomics studies of wild and cultivated olives are crucial to improve understanding of olive domestication.

TL;DR: The impact whole genome sequencing of the Golden Delicious apple has had on the understanding of how cultivated apples evolved, and the genomic regions controlling fruit firmness and flavor, tree growth dynamics, responses to water and nutrient availability, and other such traits are described.

TL;DR: This finding supports the view that the selection for large size in apple fruit was initiated prior to apple domestication, likely by large mammals, before being subsequently strengthened by humans, and helps to explain why signatures of genetic bottlenecks and selective sweeps are normally weaker in perennial crops than in annual crops.