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Out of America: tracing the genetic footprints of the global diffusion of maize.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Nov 2013
Mir C, Zerjal T, Combes V, Dumas F, Madur D, Bedoya C, Dreisigacker S, Franco J, Grudloyma P, Hao P X, Hearne S, Jampatong C, Laloë D, Muthamia Z, Nguyen T, Prasanna B M, Taba S, Xie C X, Yunus M, Zhang S, Warburton M L, Charcosset A
Abstract excerpt
Maize was first domesticated in a restricted valley in south-central Mexico. It was diffused throughout the Americas over thousands of years, and following the discovery of the New World by Columbus, was introduced into Europe. Trade and colonization introduced it further into all parts of the world to which it could adapt. Repeated introductions, local selection and adaptation, a highly diverse gene pool and...
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