Originally published in 2006 by Academic Press. STRI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. I. Histories of maize: genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence.

A study published today in Cell uncovers the deep evolutionary roots of flint and dent maize (also commonly known as “corn”), two foundational varieties central to modern maize breeding and ...

This figure from the paper shows the evolution of root types from teosinte to modern corn over the last 10 000 years, simulated using the modeling program OpenSimRoot, which was developed by ...

Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological sites in Arkansas, shedding new light on the dispersal of one of the world's most important food crops. Researchers have tested ...

Janecke-Despres, V. and Smith, Bruce D. 2006. "Ancient DNA and the Integration of Archaeological and genetic Approaches to the Study of Maize Domestication." In Histories of Maize: Multidisciplinary ...

After it was first domesticated from the wild teosinte grass in southern Mexico, maize — or corn — took both a high road and a coastal low road as it moved into what is now the U.S. Southwest, reports ...