Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides insights into the early stages of Maize Domestication

The complex evolutionary history of maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) has been clarified with genomic-level data from modern landraces and wild teosinte grasses [ 1 and 2], augmenting archaeological findings that suggest domestication occurred between 10,000 and 6,250 years ago in southern Mexico [ 3 an...

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Main Authors: Ramos-Madrigal, J., Smith, B., Moreno-Mayar, J., Gopalakrishnan, S., Ross-Ibarra, J., Gilbert, Thomas, Wales, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cell Press 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51043