EVOLUTION OF MAIZE INFERRED FROM SEQUENCE DIVERSITY OF AN ADH2 GENE SEGMENT FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

被引:103
作者
GOLOUBINOFF, P [1 ]
PAABO, S [1 ]
WILSON, AC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, DIV BIOCHEM & MOLEC BIOL, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
关键词
ZEA; MOLECULAR ARCHAEOLOGY;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.90.5.1997
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A segment of the nuclear gene encoding alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (Adh2) was amplified and sequenced from extracts of archaeological maize specimens up to 4700 years old and from contemporary samples. Sequence diversity in ancient maize equals that of contemporary maize. Some ancient Adh2 alleles are identical or closely related to contemporary alleles. The data suggest that the gene pool of maize is millions of years old and that domestic races of maize stem from several wild ancestral populations.
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页码:1997 / 2001
页数:5
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