@article{fdi:010073956,
  title = {{A} western {S}ahara centre of domestication inferred from pearl millet genomes},
  author = {{B}urgarella, {C}oncetta and {C}ubry, {P}hilippe and {K}ane, {N}. {A}. and {V}arshney, {R}. {K}. and {M}ariac, {C}{\'e}dric and {L}iu, {X}. and {S}hi, {C}. {C}. and {T}hudi, {M}. and {C}ouderc, {M}arie and {X}u, {X}. and {C}hitikineni, {A}. and {S}carcelli, {N}ora and {B}arnaud, {A}deline and {R}hon{\'e}, {B}{\'e}n{\'e}dicte and {D}upuy, {C}. and {F}rancois, {O}. and {B}erthouly, {C}{\'e}cile and {V}igouroux, {Y}ves},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}here have been intense debates over the geographic origin of {A}frican crops and agriculture. {H}ere, we used whole-genome sequencing data to infer the domestication origin of pearl millet ({C}enchrus americanus). {O}ur results supported an origin in western {S}ahara, and we dated the onset of cultivated pearl millet expansion in {A}frica to 4,900 years ago. {W}e provided evidence that wild-to-crop gene flow increased cultivated genetic diversity leading to diversity hotspots in western and eastern {S}ahel and adaptive introgression of 15 genomic regions. {O}ur study reconciled genetic and archaeological data for one of the oldest {A}frican crops.},
  keywords = {{SAHARA} ; {SENEGAL} ; {ZONE} {SAHELIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {E}cology and {E}volution},
  volume = {2},
  numero = {9},
  pages = {1377--1380},
  ISSN = {2397-334{X}},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41559-018-0643-y},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073956},
}