Insights into lentil diversity, domestication, and the genetic basis of important agronomic traits through resequencing of 238 Lens accessions
Yu Ma, Dorrie Main, Clarice J Coyne, Lyndon D Porter, Garett C Heineck, Mary Burrows, Marilyn L Warburton, Renan Uhdre, Hatice Sari, Britton Bourland, Kirstin Bett, Rebecca J McGee · 2026
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Yu Ma and co-authors resequence lentils to map diversity and domestication in a 2026 study. Lentil is a key legume for nutrition and sustainable farming. No whole-genome resequencing map had been reported for the crop. The team read the genomes of 238 lentil accessions.
The set held cultivated lentils, landraces, and wild relatives. Mapping found over one hundred million small variants plus many larger ones. Wild species carried the most variants overall. Analysis placed lentil domestication first in the Near East. One wild species stood closest to the cultivated form. Their split dates to about twelve thousand years ago. Selection scans flagged flowering time and disease defense traits. Two candidate genes tied to root rot resistance are named. The authors offer the map for breeding better lentils.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yu Ma, Dorrie Main, Clarice J Coyne, Lyndon D Porter, Garett C Heineck, Mary Burrows, Marilyn L Warburton, Renan Uhdre, Hatice Sari, Britton Bourland, Kirstin Bett, Rebecca J McGee |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |