EFSA Journal, 2022 Teosinte, wild maize relatives originating from Mexico and Central America, emerged as a noxious agricultural weed in France and Spain. In 2016, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a technical report that assessed the available scientific ...
Antoine Messéan +2 more
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The population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte is not locally restricted [PDF]
eLifeWhat is the genetic architecture of local adaptation and what is the geographic scale over which it operates? We investigated patterns of local and convergent adaptation in five sympatric population pairs of traditionally cultivated maize and its wild ...
Silas Tittes +7 more
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Identification of a pleiotropic QTL and candidate genes underlying ear traits of maize (Zea mays L.) through controlling the activity of inflorescence meristem [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground The ear of maize is a highly domesticated organ that has undergone a substantial increase in volume compared to its wild ancestor teosinte, resulting in a significant yield enhancement in modern cultivated maize.
Xiaomeng Shen +9 more
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Trichoderma spp. Associated with Teosinte (Zea mays spp. mexicana) Rhizosphere Exhibit Potential Plant Growth-Promoting and Antagonistic Functional Traits [PDF]
Journal of FungiWild maize (teosinte) has been reported to be less susceptible to biotic and abiotic stresses than its modern relative, corn. The composition of the teosinte root microbiome may be linked to traits such as drought tolerance and pest resistance ...
Luis Angel Morales-Mora +7 more
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Maize leaf endosphere microbiome was affected by domestication and shows patterns consistent with microbial dysbiosis [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiomesBackgroundWhether domestication, post-domestication spread, and breeding affected the maize leaf endosphere microbiota is poorly understood despite the well-known effects of those processes on the crop’s genetics and responses to the environment.
Ilksen Topcu +2 more
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The ancestral environment of teosinte populations shapes their root microbiome [PDF]
Environmental MicrobiomeSummary Background The composition of the root microbiome affects the host’s growth, with variation in the host genome associated with microbiome variation.
Christopher J. Barnes +8 more
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Natural variation in teosinte at the domestication locus teosinte branched1 (tb1) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The teosinte branched1(tb1) gene is a major QTL controlling branching differences between maize and its wild progenitor, teosinte. The insertion of a transposable element (Hopscotch) upstream of tb1 is known to enhance the gene’s expression, causing ...
Laura Vann +4 more
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Teosinte inflorescence phytolith assemblages mirror Zea taxonomy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Molecular DNA analyses of the New World grass (Poaceae) genus Zea, comprising five species, has resolved taxonomic issues including the most likely teosinte progenitor (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays).
John P Hart +3 more
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The role of cis regulatory evolution in maize domestication. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2014 Gene expression differences between divergent lineages caused by modification of cis regulatory elements are thought to be important in evolution. We assayed genome-wide cis and trans regulatory differences between maize and its wild progenitor, teosinte,
Zachary H Lemmon +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Modern maize exhibits a significantly different phenotype than its wild progenitor teosinte despite many genetic similarities. Of the many subspecies of Zea mays identified as teosinte, Zea mays ssp.
Jacob D. Zobrist +11 more
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