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Genetic signals of origin, spread, and introgression in a large sample of maize landraces.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Jan 2011
van Heerwaarden Joost, Doebley John, Briggs William H, Glaubitz Jeffrey C, Goodman Major M, de Jesus Sanchez Gonzalez Jose, Ross-Ibarra Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
The last two decades have seen important advances in our knowledge of maize domestication, thanks in part to the contributions of genetic data. Genetic studies have provided firm evidence that maize was domesticated from Balsas teosinte (Zea mays subspecies parviglumis), a wild relative that is endemic to the mid- to lowland regions of southwestern Mexico. An interesting paradox remains, however: Maize cultivars...
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