Understanding the evolution and domestication of maize has been a holy grail for many researchers. As one of the most important crops worldwide and as a crop that appears very different from its wild ...

Originally published in 2006 by Academic Press. STRI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. I. Histories of maize: genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence.

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Introduction to the Histories of maize in Mesoamerica / John E. Staller -- pt 1. Histories of maize : genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence. Differing approaches and perceptions in the ...

The National Academy of Sciences has elected Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at University of California, Davis, as a member. His election was announced April ...