Species: Zea mays

  • Common name Zea mays
  • Cultivar/subspecies Not available
  • PLAZA identifier zma
  • Source NAM v5.0
  • NCBI taxonomy 4577
  • Mitochondrion Not available
  • Chloroplast Not available
  • Publication 19965430
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Description

Zea mays, commonly known as maize or corn, is a grass species indigenous to Mesoamerica. The species has 10 chromosomes, and about 32,000 coding genes have been annotated on the genome, while 85% of the entire genome is composed of transposons.

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