@incollection{fdi:010088364,
  title = {{A} brief history of the origin of domesticated date palms},
  author = {{G}ros-{B}althazard, {M}uriel and {F}lowers, {J}.{M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he study of crop origins is of great interest both in the fields of evolutionary biology and applied crop research. {T}he understanding of plant domestication involves multiple disciplines, including phylogeography, population genetics, anthropology and archaeology. {I}n the past decade, they have prompted new discoveries on the evolutionary history of crops, including the date palm. {T}he date palm ({P}hoenix dactylifera {L}.) is the iconic fruit crop of hot and arid regions of {N}orth {A}frica and {W}est {A}sia. {I}t is the keystone species of oasis agrosystems and produces sugar-rich and nutritious fruits, the dates. {T}here are many different date cultivars each with distinctive fruit traits as well as many wild {P}hoenix species forming a complex of related species. {A}las, a complete understanding of date palm origins remains to be elucidated. {T}he history of domestication and diversification of the date palm is a puzzling question. {T}he consequences of these processes, both genetic and morphological, are only beginning to be revealed. {T}he genetic architecture of the domestication traits is unknown. {I}n this chapter, we place recent advances in the fields of population genomics and archaeobotany in the context of historical views of date palm domestication. {W}e present new models for the possible origins of this emblematic species and detail the many areas in date palm domestication research that are uncertain and would benefit from further work.},
  keywords = {{MEDITERRANEE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {NORD} ; {MAROC} ; {EGYPTE} ; {LIBYE} ; {SOUDAN} ; {IRAQ} ; {EMIRATS} {ARABES} {UNIS} ; {KOWEIT} ; {INDE} ; {PENINSULE} {ARABIQUE} ; {CRETE}},
  booktitle = {{T}he date palm genome, vol. 1 : phylogeny, biodiversity and mapping},
  numero = {},
  pages = {55--74},
  address = {{C}ham},
  publisher = {{S}pringer},
  series = {{C}ompendium of {P}lant {G}enomes},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1007/978-3-030-73746-7_3},
  ISBN = {978-3-030-73748-1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088364},
}