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Science & ResearchAug 11, 2026

Independent evolution of flavour and parthenocarpy in fig, one of the earliest domesticated fruit trees

Domestication often modifies multiple traits in concert, but whether fruit quality and reproductive mode share a genetic basis in perennial crops has not been tested at multi-omics resolution.

Domestication often modifies multiple traits in concert, but whether fruit quality and reproductive mode share a genetic basis in perennial crops has not been tested at multi-omics resolution. In fig (Ficus carica), one of the earliest domesticated fruit trees and a crop with…

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