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Maize dispersal patterns associated with different types of endosperm and migration of indigenous groups in lowland South America.
Annals of botany - 12 May 2022
Costa Flaviane Malaquias, Silva Natalia Carolina de Almeida, Vidal Rafael, Clement Charles Roland, Freitas Fabio de Oliveira, Alves-Pereira Alessandro, Petroli César Daniel, Zucchi Maria Imaculada, Veasey Elizabeth Ann
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The lowlands of South America appear to be remarkably important in the evolutionary history of maize, due to new evidence that suggests that maize dispersed from Mexico and arrived in this region in a state of partial domestication. This study aimed to identify dispersal patterns of maize genetic diversity in this part of the continent. METHODS: A total of 170 maize accessions were...
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