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Posted on December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 by Luigi Guarino

The maize two-step

Isn’t it great that you can get a bite-sized digest of the latest thinking about maize domestication from the horse’s mouth, via Twitter?

Thread by @LoganKistler: “We’ve been thinking a lot about maize domestication lately and I’m happy to share some new research. People started moving maize around the […]”

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