Table 1.
Summary of the 17 species used in this study and their domestication status (crop or progenitor), noting whether each crop and its progenitor are primary (1°) or secondary (2°) domesticates. Primary domesticate denotes one of the first species to be domesticated (c. 10 000 years ago), whereas secondary domesticate refers to a species thought to be domesticated much later, possibly as weeds of cultivation
Species | Domestication status |
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Avena sativa | Crop (2° domesticate) |
Avena sterilis | Progenitor (2° domesticate) |
Cicer arietinum | Crop (1° domesticate) |
Cicer reticulatum | Progenitor (1° domesticate) |
Hordeum vugare subsp. spontaneum | Progenitor (1° domesticate) |
Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare | Crop (1° domesticate) |
Lens culinaris subsp. culinaris | Crop (1° domesticate) |
L. culinaris subsp. orientalis | Progenitor (1° domesticate) |
Pisum sativum subsp. elatius | Progenitor (1° domesticate) |
P. sativum subsp. elatius var. pumilio | Progenitor (1° domesticate) |
P. sativum subsp. sativum | Crop (1° domesticate) |
Secale cereale subsp. cereale | Crop (2° domesticate) |
Secale vavilovii | Progenitor (2° domesticate) |
Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides | Progenitor (1° domesticate) |
Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum | Crop (1° domesticate) |
Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides | Progenitor (1° domesticate) |
Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon | Crop (1° domesticate) |