The carob tree is an important source for food and fodder in Mediterranean rural societies and more recently for the food industry. Carob has been neglected in genomic studies compared to other tree crops. RADseq data support a single origin of current carob populations in southwest Morocco, and its domestication likely occurred locally and repeatedly across the Mediterranean as it is evident from its extant genetic diversity. This finding is significant compared to previous interpretations based solely on data derived from historical, cultural, or cultivated varieties studies.
Please find here the data, scripts and manuscripts done for our research on the carob (Cearatonia siliqua) genetic structure with mirosatellites and RADseq data.
Raw data of RADseq, short read from Illunia, are availble at : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/PRJNA793764!