Ancient Genome of Broomcorn Millet from Northwest China in Seventh Century CE: Shedding New Light to Its Origin and Dispersal Patterns
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Materials and Methods
4. Bioinformatics and Statistics
5. Results
5.1. Ancient Dataset
5.2. Closest Genetic Affinity of Ancient Samples with Modern Samples from Ningxia
5.3. Gene Flow from Ancient to Modern Samples
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sun, X.; Wang, Y.; Lu, Y.; Xu, Y.; Liu, B.; Yang, Y.; Chen, G.; Wang, H.; Huang, Z.; Cai, Y.; et al. Ancient Genome of Broomcorn Millet from Northwest China in Seventh Century CE: Shedding New Light to Its Origin and Dispersal Patterns. Agronomy 2024, 14, 2004. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14092004
Sun X, Wang Y, Lu Y, Xu Y, Liu B, Yang Y, Chen G, Wang H, Huang Z, Cai Y, et al. Ancient Genome of Broomcorn Millet from Northwest China in Seventh Century CE: Shedding New Light to Its Origin and Dispersal Patterns. Agronomy. 2024; 14(9):2004. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14092004
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Xiaolan, Yifan Wang, Yongxiu Lu, Yongxiang Xu, Bingbing Liu, Yishi Yang, Guoke Chen, Hongru Wang, Zihao Huang, Yuanyang Cai, and et al. 2024. "Ancient Genome of Broomcorn Millet from Northwest China in Seventh Century CE: Shedding New Light to Its Origin and Dispersal Patterns" Agronomy 14, no. 9: 2004. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14092004