来自台湾的研究人员分析了约700份赤豆种质资源，解决了其驯化起源的争议。研究表明，赤豆在3至5千年前于日本驯化，后扩散至中国并与当地野生种杂交。研究鉴定出控制种子颜色和脱粒性状的关键基因，揭示了早期弱选择在驯化中的作用。

† School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, Manchester, M1 7DN, U.K. Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since ...

† State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China ‡ ...