Maize genetics: the treasure of the Sierra Madre

Curr Biol. 2005 Feb 22;15(4):R137-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.014.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biological Evolution*
  • Crops, Agricultural / anatomy & histology
  • Crops, Agricultural / genetics*
  • Crops, Agricultural / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
  • Genes, Regulator / genetics
  • Genetic Variation
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Species Specificity
  • Zea mays / anatomy & histology*
  • Zea mays / genetics*
  • Zea mays / metabolism

Substances

  • Plant Proteins
  • TB1 protein, Zea mays