The MexMAGIC population reveals the genetic architecture of clinal trait variation in Mexican native maize
Sergio Pérez-Limón, Ana Laura Alonso‐Nieves, M. Rosario Ramírez‐Flores, G Cíntora-Martínez, M. Nancy Salazar‐Vidal, Jessica Carcaño-Macias, Melanie G. Perryman, Oliver HS Paulson, Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Peng Yu, Víctor Llaca, Kevin A. Fengler, Forrest Li, Daniel E. Runcie, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, , Ruairidh J. H. Sawers
The paper uses a MAGIC population to study genetic architecture of clinal traits in Mexican maize, finding one major QTL for tassel branching and multiple QTL for flowering time with complex environmental associations.
bioRxiv · Jan 21, 2026 · PreprintGenetics