We report de novo genome assemblies, transcriptomes, annotations, and methylomes for
the 26 inbreds that serve as the founders for the maize nested association mapping …

Transposable elements (TE s) are ubiquitous components of eukaryotic genomes and can
create variation in genome organization and content. Most maize genomes are composed of …

Quantitative genetics has a long history in plants: It has been used to study specific
biological processes, identify the factors important for trait evolution, and breed new crop …

The origins of maize were the topic of vigorous debate for nearly a century, but neither the
current genetic model nor earlier archaeological models account for the totality of available …

Background The history of maize has been characterized by major demographic events,
including population size changes associated with domestication and range expansion, and …

Abstract Background Maize (Zea mays) is a globally produced crop with broad genetic and
phenotypic variation. New tools that improve our understanding of the genetic basis of …

Deleterious alleles have long been proposed to play an important role in patterning
phenotypic variation and are central to commonly held ideas explaining the hybrid vigor …

While often deleterious, hybridization can also be a key source of genetic variation and pre-
adapted haplotypes, enabling rapid evolution and niche expansion. Here we evaluate these …

Transposable elements (TEs) constitute the majority of flowering plant DNA, reflecting their
tremendous success in subverting, avoiding, and surviving the defenses of their host …

Recombination affects the fate of alleles in populations by imposing constraints on the
reshuffling of genetic information. Understanding the genetic basis of these constraints is …