Domestication Reshaped the Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Depression in a Maize Landrace Compared to its Wild Relative, Teosinte
J. B. Holland, L. F. Samayoa, B. A. Olukolu, C. J. Yang, Q. Chen, M. G. Stetter, A. M. York, J. d. J. Sanchez-Gonzalez, J. C. Glaubitz, P. J. Bradbury, M. C. Romay, Q. Sun, J. Yang, J. Ross-Ibarra, E. S. Buckler, J. F. Doebley
This study compares inbreeding depression in maize and teosinte, finding greater depression in maize due to polygenic small-effect recessive variation and reduced large-effect variants after domestication.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2021Evolutionary Biology