Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees ...

This study reveals the connection between the plants and Indigenous land stewardship ... role in maintaining the genetic diversity of Brazil nut populations.” Promoting collaboration between ...

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Researchers from the German Max Planck Institutes of Geoanthropology and Biology Tübingen use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut ...

Wang, H., Caetano-Andrade, V., Boivin, N., Trumbore, S., Clement, C., Weigel, D. (2025) Megafauna and human influence on demography and genetic diversity of a hyperdominant tree in the Amazon Basin.