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Published online 1 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041129-8
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Maize reveals traces of old breeding project
Gene suggests ancient culture selected patterns in its corn.
The people of Mesoamerica are largely responsible for the golden corn we grow today, having domesticated tough teosinte grass thousands of years ago and bred it into modern maize.
Researchers have now located the gene responsible for some of the traits that the Mesoamericans were selecting.
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