Population genomics of Zea species identifies selection signatures during maize domestication and adaptation

Population genomics of Zea species identifies selection signatures during maize domestication and adaptation

Abstract Background Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) was domesticated from teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) about 9000 years ago in southwestern Mexico and adapted to a range of environments worldwide. Researchers have depicted the maize domestication and adaptation processes over the past two deca...

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Main Authors: Gen Xu, Xuan Zhang, Wenkang Chen, Renyu Zhang, Zhi Li, Weiwei Wen, Marilyn L. Warburton, Jiansheng Li, Huihui Li, Xiaohong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
Zea
Evolutionary relationship
Domestication
Adaptation
Genome-wide association study
Flowering time
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03427-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03427-w

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