A Century of Corn Selection
- 4 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 307 (5710), 683-684
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1105459
Abstract
For millennia, plant and animal breeders have used careful selection methods to obtain crops and livestock exhibiting enhanced desired traits of agronomic importance. In a Perspective, Hill explains progress toward understanding the sets of genes involved in selection of these traits. In particular he discusses a paper published elsewhere that details the genetics of two maize lines selected for one hundred generations to produce high and low concentrations of oil in the kernels.Keywords
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