Genome Sequence of a 5,310-Year-Old Maize Cob Provides Insights into the Early Stages of Maize Domestication

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• 作者：Jazmí ; n Ramos-Madrigal¹ ; ^{jramos@lcg.unam.mx} ; Bruce D. Smith² ; ³ ; J. Ví ; ctor Moreno-Mayar¹ ; Shyam Gopalakrishnan¹ ; Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra⁴ ; M. Thomas P. Gilbert¹ ; ⁵ ; ⁶ ; Nathan Wales¹ ; ⁷ ; ^{wales.nathan@gmail.com}
• 关键词：paleogenomics ; ancient DNA ; maize ; teosinte ; Zea mays ; domestication ; archaeology ; archaeobotany
• 刊名：Current Biology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：5 December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：26
• 期：23
• 页码：3195-3201
• 全文大小：1670 K
• 卷排序：26

文摘

Researchers characterized genome of a 5,310-year-old maize cob The ancient maize genome is a basal lineage equally related to modern landraces There is genetic evidence of naked kernels 5,310 years ago in Tehuacan, Mexico Human selection on maize domestication traits occurred as a gradual process