Genomic evidence for recurrent genetic admixture during the domestication of Mediterranean olive trees (Olea europaea L.).
Irene JulcaMarina Marcet-HoubenFernando CruzJèssica Gómez-GarridoBrandon S GautConcepción M DíezIvo G GutTyler S AliotoPablo VargasToni GabaldonPublished in: BMC biology (2020)
Altogether, our results suggest that a primary domestication area in the eastern Mediterranean basin was followed by numerous secondary events across most countries of southern Europe and northern Africa, often involving genetic admixture with genetically rich wild populations, particularly from the western Mediterranean Basin.