TWiEVO 96: Going bananas over the origins of corn

Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of two modern day agriculturally important plants: a role for two different wild teosintes in making modern maize, and the origin and evolution of the triploid cultivated banana genome.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Two teosintes made modern maize (Science)
• Teosinte (Native Seeds)
• Evolution of triploid banana genome (Nature)

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