Kakha Bitskinashvili

ORCID: 0000-0003-0720-4770
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  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research

We elucidate grapevine evolution and domestication histories with 3525 cultivated wild accessions worldwide. In the Pleistocene, harsh climate drove separation of grape ecotypes caused by continuous habitat fragmentation. Then, occurred concurrently about 11,000 years ago in Western Asia Caucasus to yield table wine grapevines. The domesticates dispersed into Europe early farmers, introgressed ancient western ecotypes, subsequently diversified along human migration trails muscat unique...

10.1126/science.add8655 article EN Science 2023-03-02
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