Botanical Drawings (image)

Penn State

Caption

These are drawings of teosinte and maize show large differences in the two plants, but the origin of maize occurred with changes in only a few teosinte genes and hybridization and backcrossing occurred frequently.

Credit

A'ndrea Elyse Messer/Penn State

Usage Restrictions

non commercial use only

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