Homeotic sexual translocations and the origin of maize (Zea mays, Poeceae): A new look at an old problem

Economic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-42

  Iltis, Hugh H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Homeotic sexual translocation; Horticultural origin; Maize; Mazoid 'Eve'; Taxonomic history; Teosinte; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

RHIPIDIA; RHIPIDIUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034023067     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866598     Document Type: Article

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