Zea mays ssp. parviglumis
Zea mays subsp. parviglumis
[edit]Zea mays subsp. parviglumis is a teosinte, a wild relative of maize which is thought to be its closest wild relative and direct ancestor. Its common name, Balsas teosinte, is a reference to its habitat, the Balsas River Valley in southwest Mexico.
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Herbarium specimen of Balsas teosinte
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Teosinte grains (top) compared with those of a modern ear of corn (bottom)
References
[edit]Doebley, J. (1990). Molecular evidence and the evolution of maize. Economic Botany, 44(Suppl 3), 6-27.
Doebley, J. (2004). The genetics of maize evolution. Annu. Rev. Genet., 38(1), 37-59.
Fukunaga, K., Hill, J., Vigouroux, Y., Matsuoka, Y., Sanchez G, J., Liu, K., ... & Doebley, J. (2005). Genetic diversity and population structure of teosinte. Genetics, 169(4), 2241-2254.
Matsuoka, Y., Vigouroux, Y., Goodman, M. M., Sanchez G, J., Buckler, E., & Doebley, J. (2002). A single domestication for maize shown by multilocus microsatellite genotyping. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(9), 6080-6084.