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

Kistler, Logan; Yoshi Maezumi, S.; Gregorio 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; P. Prous, Andre; Arriaza, Bernardo; Thomas P. Gilbert, M.; de Oliveira Freitas, Fabio; G. Allaby, Robin

doi:10.1126/science.aav0207

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

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Logan Kistler

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Jonas Gregorio de Souza

Abstract

The complexity of maize domestication Maize originated in what is now central Mexico about 9000 years ago and spread throughout the Americas before European contact. Kistler et al. applied genomic analysis to ancient and extant South American maize lineages to investigate the genetic changes that ac...

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