Maize was domesticated at least 8700 years ago in the highlands of Mexico. Genome-wide
studies have greatly contributed to shed light into the diffusion of maize through the Americas …

Artificial selection experiments are designed to investigate phenotypic evolution of complex
traits and its genetic basis. Here we focused on flowering time, a trait of key importance for …

Artificial selection experiments are key experiments in evolutionary biology. The demonstration
that application of selective pressure across multiple generations results in heritable …

… In ”Transcriptomic response to divergent selection for flowering time in maize reveals
convergence and key players of the underlying gene regulatory network ” [5] Maud Tenaillon and …

The apple is the most common and culturally important fruit crop of temperate areas. The
elucidation of its origin and domestication history is therefore of great interest. The wild Central …

European imperialism in the Americas was predicated on violent regimes of indigenous
genocide, transatlantic enslavement, and environmental exploitation. Conquest of pre-contact …

Endogenous production of carbon monoxide (CO) is affected by inflammatory phenomena
and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Precise measurement of exhaled endogenous CO (eCO) is …

Plants are in association with microbial communities that strongly influence their development
and their adaptation to the environment in which they evolve. Within the plant microbiota, …

Domestication research has largely focused on identification of morphological and genetic
differences between extant populations of crops and their wild relatives. Little attention has …

An undetected fungus from America once made its way into a Bavarian brewer’s wort. Thanks
to that fungus–a cold-resistant or cryotolerant yeast–early modern brewers could brew at …