Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Biological Evolution*
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Crops, Agricultural / anatomy & histology
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Crops, Agricultural / genetics*
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Crops, Agricultural / metabolism
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Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
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Genes, Regulator / genetics
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Genetic Variation
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Plant Proteins / metabolism
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Species Specificity
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Zea mays / anatomy & histology*
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Zea mays / genetics*
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Zea mays / metabolism
Substances
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Plant Proteins
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TB1 protein, Zea mays