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Expression patterns and mutant phenotype of teosinte branched1 correlate with growth suppression in maize and teosinte.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2002
Hubbard Lauren, McSteen Paula, Doebley John, Hake Sarah
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of domesticated maize from its wild ancestor teosinte is a dramatic example of the effect of human selection on agricultural crops. Maize has one dominant axis of growth, whereas teosinte is highly branched. The axillary branches in maize are short and feminized whereas the axillary branches of teosinte are long and end in a male inflorescence under normal growth conditions. Previous QTL and...
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