Article
The evolution of apical dominance in maize.
Nature - 3 Apr 1997
Doebley J, Stec A, Hubbard L
Abstract excerpt
The domestication of crop plants has often involved an increase in apical dominance (the concentration of resources in the main stem of the plant and a corresponding suppression of axillary branches). A striking example of this phenomenon is seen in maize (Zea mays spp. mays), which exhibits a pr...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Plant
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genes, Plant
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Plant Proteins
- Poaceae
- Restriction Mapping
- Zea mays