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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 29, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg2286
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- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [31003A_130234]
- Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) program [2019QZKK0502]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB31010300]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31971391, 41901056]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_130234] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The study reveals the domestication history of Cannabis sativa, indicating that it was first domesticated in early Neolithic times in East Asia, and that both hemp and drug cultivars diverged from an ancestral gene pool in China. Candidate genes associated with traits differentiating hemp and drug cultivars were identified, as well as evidence for loss of function of genes involved in cannabinoid synthesis during selection.
Cannabis sativa has long been an important source of fiber extracted from hemp and both medicinal and recreational drugs based on cannabinoid compounds. Here, we investigated its poorly known domestication history using whole-genome resequencing of 110 accessions from worldwide origins. We show that C. sativa was first domesticated in early Neolithic times in East Asia and that all current hemp and drug cultivars diverged from an ancestral gene pool currently represented by feral plants and landraces in China. We identified candidate genes associated with traits differentiating hemp and drug cultivars, including branching pattern and cellulose/ lignin biosynthesis. We also found evidence for loss of function of genes involved in the synthesis of the two major biochemically competing cannabinoids during selection for increased fiber production or psychoactive properties. Our results provide a unique global view of the domestication of C. sativa and offer valuable genomic resources for ongoing functional and molecular breeding research.
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