Watch this web site evolve over the next year to tell the story how human ingenuity transformed a common Mexican weed (Teosinte) into a modern food and fuel wonder (corn). Travel to Mexico to …

Weed to Wonder shows the continuity of research on corn—from Native American agriculturalists to agricultural breeders, corn geneticists, plant physiologists, and molecular biologists—that culminated …

Some DNALC sites will be retired, but much of the animation and video content is available on the DNALC website under Resources. In addition, we are reworking our most valued, up-to-date content …

Feb 1, 2016 · The WEED TO WONDER app and website explore how a common Mexican weed was transformed into a modern food and fuel known as corn. Developed by the Cold Spring Harbor …

MaizeCODE is a project aimed at identifying and analyzing functional elements in the maize genome. In its initial phase, MaizeCODE assayed up to five tissues from four maize strains (B73, NC350, W22, …

Dec 2, 2020 · Weed to Wonder: An exploration of agrogenetics Objectives: To explore the domestication of corn To examine the scientists involved in the improvement of corn To examine the genetic …

Current technology allows a human genome to be sequenced for a few thousand dollars, in a few days. It is this progressive trend that allowed scientists to propose sequencing the maize genome, the most …

The interactive e-book uses over 150 animations, photographs, illustrations, interviews, and a time-lapse video to tell the story of the development of maize, from domestication, hybrid vigor, genome …

Nov 19, 2009 · Maize, or corn, as it is commonly called by North American consumers, is one of the world’s most important plants and the most valuable agricultural crop grown in the United States, …

By studying inherited traits in humans such as tasting PTC paper and inherited traits in plants such as maize, we can understand how traits are passed down through generations. A discussion of …