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Maize domestication phenotypes reveal strigolactone networks coordinating grain size evolution with kernel-bearing cupule architecture.
The Plant cell - 15 Mar 2023
Guan Jiahn-Chou, Li Changsheng, Flint-Garcia Sherry, Suzuki Masaharu, Wu Shan, Saunders Jonathan W, Dong Lemeng, Bouwmeester Harro J, McCarty Donald R, Koch Karen E
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The maize (Zea mays) ear represents one of the most striking domestication phenotypes in any crop species, with the cob conferring an exceptional yield advantage over the ancestral form of teosinte. Remodeling of the grain-bearing surface required profound developmental changes. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear and can only be partly attributed to the known domestication gene Teosinte glume...
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