title: The origins of maize genetics.
abstract: Early geneticists, and generations since, have been drawn to maize to study basic questions, its curious phenomena and its practical applications. Part of the allure of this unique crop plant lies in the collegiality of the Maize Genetics Cooperation, extending all the way from the 'roaring twenties' of genetics to today.
authors.affiliation: US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Service at the Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri at Columbia, 202 Curtis Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211-7020, USA. CoeE@missouri.edu
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Coe
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements