Partitioning variance in maize landrace flowering time by cultural affiliation, geography, and genetic relatedness

Summary

Domesticates are uniquely both biological organisms but also cultural artifacts. As organisms, domesticates are shaped by the natural history of the progenitor and adaptation to diverse environments. As artifacts, domesticates record the cultivation practices, migration histories, cultural interactions and values of associated human groups. Using a population of maize landrace hybrids from the Greater Southwest (US and Mexico) that have been phenotyped for flowering time, we test how much of the variance in flowering time can be explained using relationship matrices developed from genomic sequence data, spatial and environmental parameters, and strength of social interaction between associated cultural groups.

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• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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