Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Diversification of mandarin citrus by hybrid speciation and apomixis

  • Guohong Albert Wu,
  • Chikatoshi Sugimoto,
  • Hideyasu Kinjo,
  • Chika Azama,
  • Fumimasa Mitsube,
  • Manuel Talon,
  • Frederick G. Gmitter,
  • Daniel S. Rokhsar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24653-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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To explore the nature of wild and cultivated mandarins, the authors carry out genomic analysis of diverse east Asian citrus. The discovery of a wild species Citrus ryukyuensis native to the Ryukyu islands and a new population of wild mainland Asian mandarin explains the origin and diversity of mandarins and their ability to reproduce apomictically.