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Re: evolution of corn
Larry Caldwell <larryc@teleport.com> wrote:
> Corn was originally bred from a native Mexican grass called teosinte.
> Genetically it displays several instances of polyploidy. It has been
> bred for so long that for centuries the original cultivar was unknown,
> and was not finally determined until gene analysis became sophisticated
> enough in the 1980's.
This is VERY interesting. How does it came to other continents? Must
have been before Columbus ? Any web-sources about this?
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