Developmental analysis of teosinte glume architecture1: A key locus in the evolution of maize (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1313-1322

  Dorweiler, Jane E ^a,b   Doebley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestication; Genetics; Inflorescence; Maize; Poaceae; Quantitative trait locus; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030853607     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446130     Document Type: Review

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