Independent evolution of flavour and parthenocarpy in fig, one of the earliest domesticated fruit trees
Hidetoshi Ikegami, Takeshi Hayashi, Shiori Yabe, Kenta Shirasawa, Masaru Satô, Hideyuki Suzuki, Kosuke Tashiro, Kazuki Mori, Hiroshi Yakushiji, Ikue Yoshikawa, Misaki Ishibashi, Katsuhiro Shiratake, Chiharu Hirata, Hitoshi Nogata
The paper investigates the genetic basis of flavour and parthenocarpy in figs, finding they evolved through distinct genomic pathways.
bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology