Submissions tagged with teosinte
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Ustilago and the accidental domestication of maize
Maize is the essential crop of the Americas. Maize appeared suddenly about 8,500 years ago as domesticated teosinte; however, there is no evidence (genetical, archaeological, linguistic or ethnobot…
Received 13 May 2009 01:27 UTC; Posted 14 May 2009
Posted to: Plant Biology, Evolutionary Biology