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Gradual domestication of root traits in the earliest maize from Tehuacán.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Apr 2022
Lopez-Valdivia Ivan, Perkins Alden C, Schneider Hannah M, Vallebueno-Estrada Miguel, Burridge James D, González-Orozco Eduardo, Montufar Aurora, Montiel Rafael, Lynch Jonathan P, Vielle-Calzada Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Efforts to understand the phenotypic transition that gave rise to maize from teosinte have mainly focused on the analysis of aerial organs, with little insights into possible domestication traits affecting the root system. Archeological excavations in San Marcos cave (Tehuacán, Mexico) yielded two well-preserved 5,300 to 4,970 calibrated y B.P. specimens (SM3 and SM11) corresponding to root stalks composed of at...
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