Origins of maize: a further paradox resolved

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Ruairidh J H Sawers et al. Front Genet. 2011.

. 2011 Aug 23:2:53.

doi: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00053. eCollection 2011.

¹ Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados Irapuato, México.

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Genetic signals of origin, spread, and introgression in a large sample of maize landraces.
van Heerwaarden J, Doebley J, Briggs WH, Glaubitz JC, Goodman MM, de Jesus Sanchez Gonzalez J, Ross-Ibarra J. van Heerwaarden J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jan 18;108(3):1088-92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1013011108. Epub 2010 Dec 28. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011. PMID: 21189301 Free PMC article.

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