Modern cotton’s family tree leads to one specific corner of the Yucatán coast. New genome data from 299 wild plants pins down where domestication began, and shows how much diversity got left behind. #cottongenomics #domestication #paleoethnobotany https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-40-year-search-for-cottons-birthplace
A 40-Year Search for Cotton’s Birthplace Ends in Northwestern Yucatán

Genome sequencing of nearly 300 wild plants confirms exactly where modern cotton came from, and how much diversity was left behind when it got there.

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