Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America

Kistler, Logan; Yoshi Maezumi, S.; Gregório de Souza, Jonas; A. S. Przelomska, Natalia; Malaquias Costa, Flaviane; Smith, Oliver; Loiselle, Hope; Ramos‐Madrigal, Jazmín; Wales, Nathan; Rivail Ribeiro, Eduardo; R. Morrison, Ryan; Grimaldo, Claudia; Prous, André; Arriaza, Bernardo; Thomas P. Gilbert, M.; de Oliveira Freitas, Fábio; G. Allaby, Robin

doi:10.1126/science.aav0207

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Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America

Published in Science • Dec 13, 2018

Authors:

Logan Kistler

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Jonas Gregório de Souza

Abstract

Domesticated maize evolved from wild teosinte under human influences in Mexico beginning around 9000 years before the present (yr B.P.), traversed Central America by ~7500 yr B.P., and spread into South America by ~6500 yr B.P. Landrace and archaeological maize genomes from South America suggest tha...

Subject

Domestication

Extant taxon

Lineage (genetic)

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