Teosinte and <em>Glycine soja</em>, Progenitor Species of Corn and Soybeans (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

Teosinte and <em>Glycine soja</em>, Progenitor Species of Corn and Soybeans

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Left: highly branched plants of teosinte, a wild relative of corn. Right: tiny pods on the vine of Glycine soja, wild relative of soybean. New research sheds light on how domestication affects the genomes of corn and soybeans.

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Sherry Flint-Garcia (teosinte) and Scott Jackson (<em>Glycine soja</em>)

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