China. Roses of all colors, including white, red, pink, and peach, belong to the genus Rosa, which is a member of the Rosaceae family. Reconstructing the ancestral traits through genomic analysis ...

Red and pink roses only became common much later on to meet human preferences. In addition, the genetic evidence exposed two major centers of rose diversity in China. One was located in the dry ...

While “roses are red” in a familiar poem, new evolutionary genetic analysis by Chinese and Dutch researchers has revealed that the first roses were likely yellow. Roses are one of the most ...