Fluctuation of ecological niches and geographic range shifts along chile pepper's domestication gradient.

ABSTRACT: Domestication is an ongoing well-described process. However, while many have studied the changes domestication causes in plant genetics, few have explored its impact on the portion of the geographic landscape in which the plants exist. Therefore, the goal of this study was to understand how the process of domestication changed the geographic space suitable for chile pepper (Capsicum annuum) in its center of origin (domestication). C. annuum is a major crop species globally whose center of domestication, Mexico, has been well-studied. It provides a unique opportunity to explore the degree to which ranges of different domestication classes diverged and how these ranges might be altered by climate change. To this end, we created ecological niche models for four domestication cla

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Ainsworth NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10682905 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature