Scientific name: Vitis vinifera
Common name(s): Grape
Name as shown in Phylogenes: Grape
Ploidy: Diploid (2x)
Description:
Vitis vinifera or common grape represents thousands of cultivated varieties and they are grown on every continent except for Antarctica. Grapes a significant agricultural species and the fruits are used both for eating and wine making. The relationship between humans and grape is ancient, as far as Neolithic times.
Grape is a very ancient hexaploid and there is significant variation between cultivars.
Reference(s):
- Jaillon O, et al. The grapevine genome sequence suggests ancestral hexaploidization in major angiosperm phyla. Nature. 2007 Sep 27;449(7161):463-7. doi: 10.1038/nature06148
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