Of genes and genomes and the origin of maize.

doi:10.1016/s0168-9525(98)01524-8

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Of genes and genomes and the origin of maize.

Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Aug 1998

White S, Doebley J

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The crop plant maize (corn) is remarkably dissimilar to its recent wild ancestor, teosinte, making it an extremely interesting model for the study of evolution. Investigations into the evolution of maize are currently being performed at the molecular and morphological levels. Three independent li...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Edible Grain
Genes, Plant
Genome, Plant
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Phylogeny
Polyploidy
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Retroelements
Zea mays

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