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Key innovation triggers adaptive radiation of the genus Medicago

Shuang Wu1†, Hongyin Hu1†, Jinli Yang1, Qiang Zhou2, Kunjing Qu1, Guili Wu1, Mingyu Li2, Jianquan Liu1*, Guangpeng Ren1* and Zhipeng Liu2*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 73000, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 73000, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.
    *Correspondences:Zhipeng Liu (lzp@lzu.edu.cn, Dr. Liu is fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article); Guangpeng Ren (rengp@lzu.edu.cn); Jianquan Liu (liujq@lzu.edu.cn)
  • Received:2026-06-11 Accepted:2026-07-26 Online:2026-08-11
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    This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program (2022YFF1003200), the Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Program (25JRRA633, 26JRRA067), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (lzujbky-2024-ey01), and the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA26030103).
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