"A genome-wide scan for evidence of selection in a maize population under long-term artificial selection for ear number." Genetics. 2014 Mar;196(3):829-40. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.160655 ...

Corn, or maize, is an unusual product of selective ... However, there are some disadvantages of artificial selection, especially in the case of inbreeding. Through inbreeding, two closely related ...

So, they began testing it the only way they could — by breeding plants and animals, watching what happened, and doing it again. This ancient curiosity gave rise to a powerful tool: artificial ...

This genetic alteration has led to organisms, such as domestic dogs and maize, that are dramatically different from their wild progenitors. Traditional artificial selection can lead to outcomes ...