Genetic erosion in maize's center of origin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 14094-14099

  Dyer, George A ^a,b   López Feldman, Alejandro ^c   Yúnez Naude, Antonio ^b,d   Taylor, J Edward ^e  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^d Desarrollo y Alimentación Sustentable   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Corn; Crop evolution; In situ conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MAIZE; MEXICO; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MEXICO; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84907588721     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407033111     Document Type: Article

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