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SUBMITTER: Tian F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2702805 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tian Feng F Stevens Natalie M NM Buckler Edward S ES
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090615
Maize domestication is one of the greatest feats of artificial selection and evolution, wherein a weedy plant in Central Mexico was converted through human-mediated selection into the most productive crop in the world. In fact, the changes were so astounding that it took much of the last century to identify modern maize's true ancestor. Through modern genetic studies, the molecular basis of this evolution is being unraveled. Maize's new morphology and adaptation to diverse environments required ...[more]