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Woodhouse et al. 2010

Fri Aug 13 2010 Filed in: population genetics
Following Tetraploidy in Maize, a Short Deletion Mechanism Removed Genes Preferentially from One of the Two Homeologs
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Domestication showcase showdown

Fri Jun 11 2010 Filed in: population genetics | domestication

FOUR, yes count’em FOUR articles on domestication competing for the title prize. Dog vs. silkworm vs. maize vs. chicken. Now accepting wagers... Read More...

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Buckler et al. 1999

Fri Apr 30 2010 Filed in: population genetics
Meiotic Drive of Chromosomal Knobs Reshaped the Maize Genome
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Kebrom & Brutnell 2007 and Clark et al. 2006

Fri Jan 15 2010 Filed in: evolution
The molecular analysis of the shade avoidance syndrome in the grasses has begun.

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A distant upstream enhancer at the maize domestication gene tb1 has pleiotropic effects on plant and inflorescent architecture.
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Piperno et al 2009 & Ranere et al. 2009

Fri Oct 02 2009 Filed in: domestication
Starch grain and phytolith evidence for early ninth millennium B.P. maize from the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico

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The cultural and chronological context of early Holocene maize and squash domestication in the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico Read More...

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Shih et al. 2010

Fri Sep 11 2009 Filed in: population genetics
High frequency gene conversion in centromere cores Read More...

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Buckler/McMullen & McMullen/Buckler

Fri Aug 28 2009 Filed in: quantitative genetics
The Genetic Architecture of Maize Flowering Time and Genetic Properties of the Maize Nested Association Mapping Population Read More...

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van Heerwaarden et al. 2010

Fri Jul 17 2009 Filed in: population genetics
Fine scale genetic structure in the wild ancestor of maize (Zea mays spp. Parviglumis)
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Gore et al. 2009

Tue Jun 30 2009 Filed in: population genetics | domestication
A first generation haplotype map of maize Read More...

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Bouchez et al. 2002

Tue Feb 10 2009 Filed in: quantitative genetics
Marker-Assisted Introgression of Favorable Alleles at Quantitative Trait Loci Between Maize Elite Lines Read More...

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Briggs et al. 2007

Tue Feb 03 2009 Filed in: quantitative genetics | domestication
Linkage Mapping of Domestication Loci in a Large Maize–Teosinte Backcross Resource
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Vigouroux et al. 2008

Thu Jan 29 2009 Filed in: population genetics
Population structure and genetic diversity of New World maize races assessed by DNA microsatellites
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Weber et al. 2008

Thu Jan 08 2009 Filed in: quantitative genetics
The Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits in Teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis): New Evidence From Association Mapping
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