Originally published in 2006 by Academic Press. STRI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. I. Histories of maize: genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence.

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A study published today in Cell uncovers the deep evolutionary roots of flint and dent maize (also commonly known as “corn”), two foundational varieties central to modern maize breeding and ...

The history of modern-day maize begins at the dawn of human agriculture, about 10,000 years ago. In outlining the history of maize, scientists have established maize was domesticated from teosinte, a ...

This figure from the paper shows the evolution of root types from teosinte to modern corn over the last 10 000 years, simulated using the modeling program OpenSimRoot, which was developed by ...

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