Handbook of Maize : Genetics and Genomics

Maize and the Origins of Plant Genetics.- East, Emerson, and the Birth of Maize Genetics.- Barbara McClintock.- The Birth of Maize Molecular Genetics.- Mutagenesis – the Key to Genetic Analysis.- Maize Improvement.- Development of Hybrid Corn and the Seed Corn Industry.- Maize and the Biotech Industry.- Modern Maize Breeding.- The Maize Genome.- Cytogenetics and Chromosomal Structural Diversity.- Maize Genome Structure and Evolution.- Genetic Diversity, Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping.- The Polyploid Origin of Maize.- Maize Centromeres and Knobs (neocentromeres).- Transposons Ac/Ds, En/Spmand their Relatives in Maize.- Mutator and MULE transposons.- The LTR-Retrotransposons of Maize.- Helitrons: Their Impact on Maize Genome Evolution and Diversity.- Maize GEvo: A Comparative DNA Sequence Alignment Visualization and Research Tool.- Meiotic Genes and Meiosis in Maize.- Homologous Recombination in Maize.- Paramutation: Heritable in TransEffects.- Imprinting in Maize.- Chromatin, DNA Methylation, RNAi and Epigenetic Regulation.- The B Chromosome of Maize.- Mitochondria and Chloroplasts.- Maize Genetic and Genomic Technologies.- Genetic Mapping and Maps.- Genetic Analyses with Oat-Maize Addition and Radiation Hybrid Lines.- Maize Chromosome Tools: Quantitative Changes in Chromatin.- Transposon Resources for Forward and Reverse Genetics in Maize.- TILLING and Point Mutation Detection.- Gene Expression Analysis.- Maize Transformation.- Doubled Haploids.- Databases and Data Mining.- Sequencing Genes and Gene Islands by Gene Enrichment.- Genes and Gene Families.- Maize Transcription Factors.- The Genetics and Biochemistry of Maize Zein Storage Proteins.- The Cytochrome P450 Superfamily of Monooxygenases.- Cell wall Biosynthetic Genes of Maize and their Potentialfor Bioenergy Production.- Future Prospects.- The Future of Maize.