Maize genetics: the treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Massive morphological changes occurred during the domestication of maize from wild teosinte. Some of the most important shifts are due to altered expression patterns of major regulatory genes.
Kane
Nolan C
NC
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
Rieseberg
Loren H
LH
D005075:Biological Evolution; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005809:Genes, Regulator / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D003313:Zea mays / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D010940:Plant Proteins; C105292:TB1 protein, Zea mays