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The genomic signature of crop-wild introgression in maize.
PLoS genetics - 1 May 2013
Hufford Matthew B, Lubinksy Pesach, Pyhäjärvi Tanja, Devengenzo Michael T, Ellstrand Norman C, Ross-Ibarra Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary significance of hybridization and subsequent introgression has long been appreciated, but evaluation of the genome-wide effects of these phenomena has only recently become possible. Crop-wild study systems represent ideal opportunities to examine evolution through hybridization. For example, maize and the conspecific wild teosinte Zea mays ssp. mexicana (hereafter, mexicana) are known to...
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