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Genetic Evidence and the Origin of Maize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jeff Bennetzen ,
Edward Buckler ,
Vicki Chandler ,
John Doebley ,
Jane Dorweiler ,
Brandon Gaut ,
Michael Freeling ,
Sarah Hake ,
Elizabeth Kellogg  and
R. Scott Poethig
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Jeff Bennetzen
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907
Edward Buckler
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7614
Vicki Chandler
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721
John Doebley
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
Jane Dorweiler
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721
Brandon Gaut
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2525
Michael Freeling
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720
Sarah Hake
Affiliation:
USDA, Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany CA 94710
Elizabeth Kellogg
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis MO 63121
R. Scott Poethig
Affiliation:
Biology Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104-6018
Virginia Walbot
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305-5020
Susan Wessler
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602
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Abstract

The origin of maize has been a topic of interest to both biologists and archaeologists. During the twentieth century, the view point that maize is a domesticated form of teosinte received convincing support from biological data and is now broadly accepted among biologists familiar with the issues and data. There is no support of any kind for an alternative view that maize is a hybrid of the grasses Zea diploperennis and Tripsacum.

Resumen

Resumen

El origen del maíz ha sido un tema de interés tanto para los biólogos como para los arqueólogos. Durante el siglo veinte, el punto de vista que mantiene que el maíz es una forma de teocintle domesticada ha recibido apoyo convincente de los datos biológicos y hoy día es aceptado ampliamente entre los biólogos quienes conocen bien el tema y los datos. No hay apoyo de cualquier tipo en favor de la proposición que el maíz es un híbrido de Zea diploperennis y Tripsacum.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 84 - 86
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2001

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