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Selection versus demography: a multilocus investigation of the domestication process in maize.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2004
Tenaillon Maud I, U'Ren Jana, Tenaillon Olivier, Gaut Brandon S
Abstract excerpt
The domestication of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) from its wild ancestor (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) led to a loss of genetic diversity both through a population bottleneck and through directional selection at agronomically important genes. In order to discriminate between those effects and to investigate the nature of the domestication bottleneck, we analyzed nucleotide diversity data from 12 chromosome 1 loci in...
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