Parent–offspring or siblings? Genetic relatedness and origin of <i>Prunus</i> × <i>yedoensis</i> and <i>Prunus</i> × <i>nudiflora</i>
Prunus × yedoensis and P. × nudiflora are morphologically similar but arose from independent hybridization events. Both share P. itosakura as the maternal parent but have distinct paternal donors and show evidence of asymmetric introgression. Together, these findings highlight the importance of distinct parental combinations and differential gene flow in shaping reticulate evolutionary patterns.
Authors
- Zefu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-4188)
- Zhuangwei Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6873-3230)
- XW Wang
- Junjie Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2530-0723)
- Chenlong Fu
- Wenjie Yang
- Xiangui Yi
- Meng Li
Institutions
- Nanjing Forestry University (CN)
- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen (CN)
- Ningbo City College of Vocational Technology (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Systematics and Evolution
- Published
- 2026-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70086
- Primary Topic
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00