The Origin of Indian Corn and Its RelativesBotanical relationships of maize; Previous evidence on the origin of maize; Previous theories on the origin of maize; New evidence from cytogenetic studies; The origin of teosinte; The origin of maize; The origin of tripsacum; Theoretical phylogeny of the american maydeae; Relationship of the american maydeae to the antropogoneae; Maize in relation to culture and civilization. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
PREVIOUS EVIDENCE ON THE ORIGIN OF MAIZE | 34 |
PREVIOUS THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF MAIZE | 62 |
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The Origin of Indian Corn and Its Relatives P. C. Mangelsdorf,R. G. Reeves No preview available - 2013 |
The Origin of Indian Corn and Its Relatives P. C. Mangelsdorf,R. G. Reeves No preview available - 2008 |
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agriculture Andean region Andropogoneae appears average bivalents cells cent Central America central spike characteristics characters chromatin chromo chromosome number Coix crop cross cultivated culture Cuzco cytological diakinesis diploid domestication dominant embryos empty pollen endosperm Euchlaena mexicana evidence extra Tripsacum chromosome fact Florida teosinte gametes genera genoms genus glumes grains grown Guatemala homozygous hybrid of Zea hybrid Zea Indian inflorescence Kempton knobs lateral inflorescences latifolium Longley main stalk Manisuris Maya Maydeae Mexican Mexico normal number of ears number of Tripsacum occurred origin of maize ovules pairing parent percentage perennial Peru Peruvian pistillate pistillate spikelets pod corn Polytoca primitive probably rachis result rows Sclerachne segregation Sorghum South America species spikelets starchy studies sugary seeds Tassel branches teosinte tetraploid tiller stalks translocation segments triploid triploid hybrid Tripsacum chromosomes Tripsacum dactyloides 2n usually varieties Weatherwax Zea and Euchlaena Zea and Tripsacum Zea chromosomes Zea x Tripsacum