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Gene flow among different teosinte taxa and into the domesticated maize gene pool

Warburton, M.L.; Wilkes, G.; Taba, S.; Charcosset, A.; Mir, C.; Dumas, F.; Madur, D.; Dreisigacker, S.; Bedoya-Salazar, C.A.; Prasanna, B.M.; Xie, C.X.; Hearne, S.; Franco, J. (2011)

Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) was domesticated from one wild species ancestor, the Balsas teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) about 9000 years ago. Higher levels of gene diversity are found in teosinte taxa compared to ...