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Post-domestication selection in the maize starch pathway.
PloS one - 27 Oct 2009
Fan Longjiang, Bao Jiandong, Wang Yu, Yao Jianqiang, Gui Yijie, Hu Weiming, Zhu Jinqing, Zeng Mengqian, Li Yu, Xu Yunbi
Abstract excerpt
Modern crops have usually experienced domestication selection and subsequent genetic improvement (post-domestication selection). Chinese waxy maize, which originated from non-glutinous domesticated maize (Zea mays ssp. mays), provides a unique model for investigating the post-domestication selection of maize. In this study, the genetic diversity of six key genes in the starch pathway was investigated in a...
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