Coriander ​Genomics. From Tutankhamun’s tomb to your favorite dish – which traits led to coriander domestication. The existence of wild coriander that differs significantly from the cultivated genotypes was questioned until recently. We have found that wild coriander growing in Israel having discrete characters from cultivated accessions. We are trying to understand the domestication and improvement bottlenecks to examine the traits that shaped this crop as we know it today. Was it first grown for its leaves or seeds?