Post-domestication selection in the maize starch pathway.

Modern crops have usually experienced domestication selection and subsequent genetic improvement (post-domestication selection). Chinese waxy maize, which originated from non-glutinous domesticated maize (Zea mays ssp. mays), provides a unique model for investigating the post-domestication selection...

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Main Authors: Longjiang Fan, Jiandong Bao, Yu Wang, Jianqiang Yao, Yijie Gui, Weiming Hu, Jinqing Zhu, Mengqian Zeng, Yu Li, Yunbi Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2762603?pdf=render