Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America | Zendy

Logan Kistler | Zendy; S. Yoshi Maezumi | Zendy; Jonas Gregório de Souza | Zendy; Natalia A. S. Przelomska | Zendy; Flaviane Malaquias Costa | Zendy; Oliver Smith | Zendy; Hope Loiselle | Zendy; Jazmín RamosMadrigal | Zendy; Nathan Wales | Zendy; Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro | Zendy; Ryan R. Morrison | Zendy; Claudia Grimaldo | Zendy; André Prous | Zendy; Bernardo Arriaza | Zendy; M. Thomas P. Gilbert | Zendy; Fábio de Oliveira Freitas | Zendy; Robin G. Allaby | Zendy

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Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America

Author(s) -

Logan Kistler,

S. Yoshi Maezumi,

Jonas Gregório de Souza,

Natalia A. S. Przelomska,

Flaviane Malaquias Costa,

Oliver Smith,

Hope Loiselle,

Jazmín RamosMadrigal,

Nathan Wales,

Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro,

Ryan R. Morrison,

Claudia Grimaldo,

André Prous,

Bernardo Arriaza,

M. Thomas P. Gilbert,

Fábio de Oliveira Freitas,

Robin G. Allaby

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.aav0207

Subject(s) - zea mays , biology , geography , agronomy

The complexity of maize domestication Maize originated in what is now central Mexico about 9000 years ago and spread throughout the Americas before European contact. Kistleret al. applied genomic analysis to ancient and extant South American maize lineages to investigate the genetic changes that accompanied domestication (see the Perspective by Zeder). The origin of modern maize cultivars likely involved a “semidomesticated” lineage that moved out of Mexico. Later improvements then occurred among multiple South American populations, including those in southwestern Amazonia.Science , this issue p.1309 ; see also p.1246

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