Scientists thought they understood maize’s origins. They were
WEBNov 30, 2023 · Maize is one of the world’s most important crops, but its origins have long bedeviled scientists. It took more than a century for scientists to settle on the idea that it was domesticated about 9000 years ago in the lowlands of Mexico from a wild grass: a subspecies of teosinte called parviglumis.
The origin and evolution of maize in the Southwestern United …
WEBJan 8, 2015 · The origin of maize (Zea maysmays) in the US Southwest remains contentious, with conflicting archaeological data supporting either coastal 1 – 4 or highland 5, 6 routes of diffusion of maize...
Maize - Wikipedia
WEBMaize / meɪz / (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture.
Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and ... - Nature
WEBJun 3, 2012 · Here, we report a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of modern maize based on the genome-wide resequencing of 75 wild, landrace and improved maize lines 3. We find evidence of recovery...
Two teosintes made modern maize | Science - AAAS
WEBAdmixture analysis reveals widespread contributions of two teosintes to modern maize. (A) Proportion of highland teosinte admixture for traditional maize varieties across the Americas. (B) Admixture graph representing our model of maize evolution. (C) Cartoon depiction of proposed maize domestication and dispersal.
A Brief History of Maize - UC Davis
WEBFueled by the agronomic ingenuity of indigenous farmers, maize evolved to become a staple crop throughout the Americas. Of the many processing techniques developed by indigenous groups, nixtamalization is of particular importance.
Maize: Origins and Development - SpringerLink
WEBOct 26, 2020 · Maize was first introduced to Europe in the late fifteenth century, was cultivated for food in Mediterranean regions in the centuries that followed introduction, and has subsequently been dispersed to regions around the globe.
The origins of maize genetics | Nature Reviews Genetics
WEBNov 1, 2001 · The prominence of maize, Zea mays L. ssp. mays, as one of the well-springs of genetic advance today derives in fact from a wide range of experimental purposes both now and in the past, and from a...
The genetics of maize evolution - PubMed
WEBMolecular analyses identified one form of teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) as the progenitor of maize. Analyses of the inheritance of the morphological traits that distinguish maize and teosinte indicates that they are under the control of multiple genes and exhibit quantitative inheritance.
Rethinking the Corny History of Maize | Smithsonian
WEBDec 14, 2018 · But according to a new study published in Science, the trajectory of teosinte’s evolution into the golden grain we know today may be more complex than scientists previously thought.