ZmCCT9 enhances maize adaptation to higher latitudes [Plant Biology]

From its tropical origin in southwestern Mexico, maize spread over a wide latitudinal cline in the Americas. This feat defies the rule that crops are inhibited from spreading easily across latitudes. How the widespread latitudinal adaptation of maize was accomplished is largely unknown. Through positional cloning and association mapping, we...

http://ift.tt/2qMDz83