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Wide variability in kernel composition, seed characteristics, and zein profiles among diverse maize inbreds, landraces, and teosinte.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Oct 2009
Flint-Garcia Sherry A, Bodnar Anastasia L, Scott M Paul
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All crop species have been domesticated from their wild relatives, and geneticists are just now beginning to understand the consequences of artificial (human) selection on agronomic traits that are relevant today. The primary consequence is a basal loss of diversity across the genome, and an additional reduction in diversity for genes underlying traits targeted by selection. An understanding of attributes of the...
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