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Joint analysis of days to flowering reveals independent temperate adaptations in maize.
Heredity - 1 Jun 2021
Swarts Kelly, Bauer Eva, Glaubitz Jeffrey C, Ho Tiffany, Johnson Lynn, Li Yongxiang, Li Yu, Miller Zachary, Romay Cinta, Schön Chris-Carolin, Wang Tianyu, Zhang Zhiwu, Buckler Edward S, Bradbury Peter
Abstract excerpt
Domesticates are an excellent model for understanding biological consequences of rapid climate change. Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) was domesticated from a tropical grass yet is widespread across temperate regions today. We investigate the biological basis of temperate adaptation in diverse structured nested association mapping (NAM) populations from China, Europe (Dent and Flint) and the United States as well as...
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