Two teosintes made modern maize.
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Science. 2023 Dec;382(6674):eadg8940. doi: 10.1126/science.adg8940. Epub 2023 Dec 1.
Science. 2023.
PMID: 38033071
The origins of maize were the topic of vigorous debate for nearly a century, but neither the current genetic model nor earlier archaeological models account for the totality of available data, and recent work has highlighted the potential contribution of a wild relative, …
The origins of maize were the topic of vigorous debate for nearly a century, but neither the current genetic model nor earlier archae …