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Genetic, evolutionary and plant breeding insights from the domestication of maize
The natural history of maize began nine thousand years ago when Mexican farmers started to collect the seeds of the wild grass, teosinte. Invaluable as a food source, maize permeated Mexican culture and religion. Its domestication eventually led to its adoption as a model organism, aided in large pa...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25807085 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05861 |