Genetic flow among olive populations within the Mediterranean basin.
Valentina di RienzoSara SionFrancesca TarantoNunzio D'AgostinoCinzia MontemurroValentina FanelliWilma SabettaSaliha BoucheffaAbderezak TamendjariAntonella PasqualoneMarion Zammit-MangionMonica Marilena MiazziPublished in: PeerJ (2018)
The close relationship between Syrian and Italian and Maltese olives was consistent with the historical domestication and migration of olive tree from the North Levant to eastern Mediterranean basin. This study lays the foundations for a better understanding of olive genetic diversity in the Mediterranean basin and represents a step toward an optimal conservation and exploitation of olive genetic resources.