The genetics of yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata cv.-gr. sesquipedalis), a vegetable form of cowpea, is of particular interest because the genome of this legume has experienced divergent domestication. Kongjaimun et al. develop two genetic linkage maps and QTL analysis for 24 domestication-related traits and find that the QTLs show co-location on several narrow [...]