Evolution of maize inferred from sequence diversity of an Adh2 gene segment from archaeological specimens.

doi:10.1073/pnas.90.5.1997

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Evolution of maize inferred from sequence diversity of an Adh2 gene segment from archaeological specimens.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Mar 1993

Goloubinoff P, Pääbo S, Wilson A C

Abstract excerpt

A segment of the nuclear gene encoding alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (Adh2) was amplified and sequenced from extracts of archaeological maize specimens up to 4700 years old and from contemporary samples. Sequence diversity in ancient maize equals that of contemporary maize. Some ancient Adh2 alleles ar...

Topics

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alleles
Archaeology
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Genes, Plant
Molecular Sequence Data
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Phylogeny
Sequence Alignment
Zea mays

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