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T1 The origin of citrus
A1 Talón, Manuel
A1 Wu, Guohong Albert
A1 Gmitter Jr., Frederick G.
A1 Rokhsar, Daniel S.
A2 TalónManuel
K1 Center of origin
K1 Genealogy
K1 Late miocene
K1 Paleontology
K1 F70  Plant taxonomy and geography
K1 B10  Geography
K1 Biogeography
K1 Evolution
K1 Phylogeny
K1 Radiation
K1 Taxonomy
AB In this chapter, we revise the origin of citrus and other related subjects such as their dispersal and evolution that have been a matter of controversy and have remained elusive during the past centuries. Comparative genomic analyses, however, have recently provided evidence that supports the proposal that the center of origin of citrus was the Southeast foothills of the Himalayas, in a region including the eastern area of Assam, northern Myanmar, and western Yunnan. This new vision also suggests that citrus evolved during the Late Miocene through a rapid Southeast Asian radiation correlating with a dramatic weakening of the monsoons provoked by a period of global cooling. The Australian limes and the Japanese Tachibana mandarin split later from mainland citrus during the Early Pliocene and Pleistocene, respectively. Taken together, these findings draw a new evolutionary framework for these fruit crops, a scenario that challenges current taxonomic and phylogenetic thoughts and points toward a reformulation of the genus Citrus.
PB Elsevier
SN 978-0-12-812163-4
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7005
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7005
LA en
NO Talón, M., Wu, G. A., Gmitter Jr., F. & Rokhsar, D. (2020). The origin of citrus. In: Talón, M., Caruso, M. & Gmitter Jr., F. (Eds.), The Genus Citrus, 9-31.
DS MINDS@UW
RD Aug 13, 2022