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Fig. 1: The local phylogenies of TtBtr1-A and TtBtr1-B using SNPs and indels within the 1 Mb region and 2 kb region encompassing domestication loci.
Fig. 2: IBS distance distribution of TtBtr1 genes between each wild emmer accession and all accessions of domesticated emmer and free-threshing tetraploids.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Xuebo Zhao, Yafei Guo.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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    Xuebo Zhao, Yafei Guo & Fei Lu

  3. CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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X.Z. and Y.G. performed the data analysis, plotted the paper figures and drafted the paper. F.L. coordinated the project and finalized the paper. All authors discussed the results and commented on the paper.

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Zhao, X., Guo, Y. & Lu, F. Reply to: Where was wheat domesticated?. Nat. Plants 9, 1203–1206 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01468-z

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