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The domestication and genetic erosion of maize

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  1. Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Food and Natural Resources, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Support was provided by a grant (GB-1576#1) from the National Science Foundation and two Experiment Station Projects (Hatch 258R and 352-NE66), and the Bussey Institution, Harvard University.

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Galinat, W.C. The domestication and genetic erosion of maize. Econ Bot 28, 31–37 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861376

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