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January 1, 1980

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The Ancestry of Corn

The progenitor of modern corn is probably the wild grass known as teosinte. The hypothesis has been disputed, but it is supported by new evidence from plant breeding, archaeology and folklore

By George W. Beadle

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 242 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Ancestry of Corn” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 242 No. 1 (), p. 112
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0180-112
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