Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Minireview cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Crops in all shapes and sizes. | Meeting report Crops in all shapes and sizes Loreto Holuigue Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada and Rodrigo A Gutierrez Addresses Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Avda. Libertador Bernardo O Higgins Santiago 8331010 Chile. National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity Irapuato 36500 Guanajuato Mexico. Department of Biology New York University 100 Washington Square East New York NY 10003 USA. Correspondence Rodrigo A Gutierrez. Email rgutierrez@ Published II September 2008 Genome Biology 2008 9 319 doi gb-2008-9-9-319 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http 2008 9 9 319 2008 BioMed Central Ltd A report of the joint American Society of Plant Biologists Sociedad Mexicana De Bioquímica meeting held in Mérida Mexico 26 June-1 July 2008. A recent conference of plant biologists held in Mexico brought together scientists working on a wide range of species from the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana to crops such as maize tomato and rice. Appropriately for the locale research relevant to major Central and South American crops was conspicuous. A few of the highlights in the areas of maize and tomato genetics and plant computational biology are reported here. Maize genomics genetics and epigenetics Maize corn Zea mays L. was domesticated from a species of wild teosinte the common name for a group of annual and perennial species of Zea native to Mexico and Central America. Phylogenetic evidence suggests that maize arose from a single domestication event that occurred in Mexico about 9 000 years ago and which gave rise to a group of ancient landrace varieties. As the main center of origin and domestication Mexico has the largest diversity of maize genetic resources. John Jones Washington State University Pullman USA presented evidence from fossilized pollen suggesting that the ancient farmers of San Andres Tabasco in southern Mexico were .
