Understanding the evolution and domestication of maize has been a holy grail for many researchers. As one of the most important crops worldwide and as a crop that appears very different from its wild ...

The maize crops that are cultivated today are probably a domesticated form of the wild Mexican grass teosinte. (a) The bushy form of the teosinte, Zea mays ssp. mexicana; (b) the single-stalk ...

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra has received a prestigious award from the National Academy of Sciences for his work on the evolution of maize. (Sasha Bakhter, UC Davis) Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, a professor in the ...

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

Introduction to the Histories of maize in Mesoamerica / John E. Staller -- pt 1. Histories of maize : genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence. Differing approaches and perceptions in the ...