A transposon in tb1 drove maize domestication.
A new study shows an inserted retroelement in the regulatory sequences of the maize tb1 gene, which controls shoot branching, was the target of human selection during the domestication of maize from its wild relative teosinte. The insertion allele was already present at low frequency in teosinte pop...
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| Formatua: | Journal article |
| Hizkuntza: | English |
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2011
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