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Zea luxurians

Known as: Teosinte, Florida teosinte, Zea mays subsp. luxurians 
Zea species that are thought to be ancestors and probable progenitors to corn.
National Institutes of Health

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Zea mays

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Homeotic Sexual Translocations and the Origin of Maize (Zea Mays, Poaceae): A New look at an old problem
In the Origin of Maize Controversy, the Orthodox Teosinte Hypothesis (OTH; Beadle 1939, 1972; Iltis 1971), five key mutations… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Grass architecture: genetic and environmental control of branching.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
RIRE2, a novel gypsy-type retrotransposon from rice.
The 441-bp DNA segment in a PCR-amplified fragment from Oryza sativa cv. IR36 was found to have a sequence with features… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Determinants of the high-methionine trait in wild and exotic germplasm may have escaped selection during early cultivation of maize.
The 18 kDa high-methionine delta-class zein gene from maize has been cloned, and its regulation, structure, and map position… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR A MISSING WILD RELATIVE OF MAIZE AND THE INTROGRESSION OF ITS CHLOROPLAST GENOME INTO ZEA PERENNIS
  • J. Doebley
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 7873075
I report a case of introgression of the chloroplast genome involving a perennial wild relative of maize, perennial teosinte 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Molecular analysis of the linear 2.3 kb plasmid of maize mitochondria: apparent capture of tRNA genes.
The nucleotide sequence and transcription pattern of the linear 2.3 kb plasmid of maize mitochondria was analyzed in order to… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Restriction site variation in the zea chloroplast genome.
Nineteen accessions selected from the four species and three subspecies of the genus Zea and one accession from the related genus… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The genome of Zea mays, its organization and homology to related grasses
The pattern of genome organization of Zea mays has been analyzed, and the relationship of maize to possible progenitor species… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Organelle DNA variation and systematic relationships in the genus Zea: Teosinte.
Chloroplast and mitochondrial DNAs from six races of annual teosinte (Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Balsas, Central Plateau, Chalco… 
1963
1963
Differential Zygotic Lethality in a Tomato Species Hybrid.
PECIES hybrids are favorite materials for demonstrating a wide array of cytogenetic abnormalities, many of which can cause… 
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