Projects

IDENTIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL SEQUENCE IN PLANT GENOMES THROUGH BIOINFORMATIC, GENOMIC, AND GENETIC APPROACHES Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 413089

CHARACTERIZING PLANT GENOMES FOR AGRICULTURE IMPROVEMENT Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 418046

USE OF GENETIC AND GENOMIC TOOLS IN SORGHUM TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES LIMITING YIELD AND/OR QUALITY IN GRASSES Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 418047

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Characterization of miRNAs in response to short-term waterlogging in three inbred lines of Zea mays - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Liu, Z., Kumari, S., Zhang, L., Zheng, Y., Ware, D. 2012. Characterization of miRNAs in response to short-term waterlogging in three inbred lines of Zea mays. PLoS One. 7(6):e39786.

ZmCCT and the genetic basis of day-length adaptation underlying the postdomestication spread of maize - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Hung, H., Shannon, L.M., Tian, F., Bradbury, P., Chen, C., Flint Garcia, S.A., McMullen, M.D., Ware, D., Buckler IV, E.S., Doebley, J.F., Holland, J.B. 2012. ZmCCT and the genetic basis of day-length adaptation underlying the postdomestication spread of maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109:E1913–E1921.

The tomato genome sequence provides insight into fleshy fruit evolution - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Ware, D., Thannhauser, T.W., White, R.A., Giovannoni, J.J. 2012. The tomato genome sequence provides insight into fleshy fruit evolution. Nature. 485:635-641. DOI: 10.1038/nature11119.

Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Chia, J., Song, C., Bradbury, P., Costich, D., De Leon, N., Doebley, J., Elshire, R., Gaut, B., Geller, L., Glaubitz, J., Gore, M.A., Guill, K., Holland, J., Hufford, M., Lai, J., Li, M., Liu, X., Lu, Y., McCombie, R., Nelson, R., Poland, J.A., Prasanna, B., Phyajarvi, T., Rong, T., Sekhon, R., Sun, Q., Tenaillon, M., Tian, F., Wang, J., Xu, X., Zhang, Z., Kaeppler, S.M., Ross-Ibarra, J., McMullen, M.D., Buckler IV, E.S., Zhang, G., Xu, Y., Ware, D. 2012. Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux. Nature Genetics. 40:803-807. DOI: 10.1038/ng.2313.

Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Hufford, M., Xu, X., Van Heerwaarden, J., Pyhajarvi, T., Chia, J., Cartwright, R., Elshire, R., Glaubitz, J., Guill, K.E., Kaeppler, S., Lai, J., Morrell, P., Shannon, L., Song, C., Springer, N., Swanson-Wagner, R., Tiffin, P., Wang, J., Zhang, G., Doebley, J., McMullen, M.D., Ware, D., Buckler IV, E.S., Yang, S., Ross-Ibarra, J. 2012. Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement. Nature Genetics. 44:808-811. DOI: 10.1038/ng.2309.

MaizeCyc: Metabolic networks in maize - (Abstract Only)

Monaco, M., Sen, T.Z., Ren, L., Dharmawardhana, P., Schaeffer, M.L., Amarasinghe, V., Thomason, J., Harper, E.C., Naithani, S., Gardiner, J.M., Lawrence, C.J., Ware, D., Pankaj, J. 2012. MaizeCyc: Metabolic networks in maize. Plant and Animal Genome Conference. 4:100-110.

Functional annotation of the transcriptome of Sorghum bicolor in response to osmotic stress and abscisic acid - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Dugas, D.V., Monaco, M.K., Olsen, A., Klein, R.R., Kumari, S., Ware, D., Klein, P.E. 2011. Functional annotation of the transcriptome of Sorghum bicolor in response to osmotic stress and abscisic acid. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 12:Article 514.

Evidence for network evolution in an arabidopsis interactome map - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Matija, D., Ruxandra Carvunis, A., Charloteaux, B., Galli, M., Pevzner, S.J., Tasan, M., Stein, J., Spooner, W., Ware, D., Braun, P., Ecker, J.R., Hill, D.E., Roth, F.P., Vidal, M. 2011. Evidence for network evolution in an arabidopsis interactome map. Science. 333(6042):601-607.

Metabolic and regulatory networks for cereals - (Abstract Only)

Dharmawardhana, P., Monaco, M., Amarasinghe, V., Preece, J., D'Eustachio, P., Ren, L., Thomason, J., Sen, T.Z., Gardiner, J.M., Harper, E.C., Schaeffer, M.L., Lawrence, C.J., Ware, D., Jaiswal, P. 2011. Metabolic and regulatory networks for cereals. American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2011, Minneapolis, MN. Available: http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2011/public/P21/P21021.html.

Sequencing for the cream of the crop - (Other)

Chia, J., Ware, D. 2011. Sequencing for the cream of the crop. Nature Biotechnology. 29:138-139. DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1756.

Genome-wide association study of quantitative resistance to southern leaf blight in the maize nested association mapping population - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Kump, K., Bradbury, P., Buckler IV, E.S., Belcher, A., Oropeza-Rosas, M., Wisser, R., Zwonitzer, J., Kresovich, S., McMullen, M.D., Ware, D., Balint Kurti, P.J., Holland, J.B. 2011. Genome-wide association study of quantitative resistance to southern leaf blight in the maize nested association mapping population. Nature Genetics. 43:163-168.

Genetic structure and domestication history of the grape - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Myles, S., Boyko, A., Owens, C.L., Brown, P., Fabrizio, G., Aradhya, M.K., Prins, B.H., Reynolds, A., Chia, J., Ware, D., Bustamante, C., Buckler IV, E.S. 2011. Genetic structure and domestication history of the grape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 10.1073/pnas.1009363108.

A stele-enriched gene regulatory network in the arabidopsis root - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Brady, S.M., Zhang, L., Megraw, M., Martinez, N.J., Jiang, E., Yi, C.S., Ware, D., Walhout, A.J., Benfey, P.N. 2011. A stele-enriched gene regulatory network in the arabidopsis root. EMBO Journal. 7:459.

Pervasive gene content variation and copy number variation in maize and its undomesticated progenitor - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Swanson-Wagner, R.A., Eichten, S.R., Kumari, S., Tiffin, P., Stein, J.C., Ware, D., Springer, N.M. 2010. Pervasive gene content variation and copy number variation in maize and its undomesticated progenitor. Genome Research. 20(12):1689-1699.

Digital gene expression signatures for maize development - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Eveland, A.L., Nagasawa, N., Goldshmidt, A., Meyer, S., Beatty, M., Sakai, H., Ware, D., Jackson, D. 2010. Digital gene expression signatures for maize development. Plant Physiology. 154(3):1024-1039.

An International Bioinformatics Infrastructure to Underpin the Arabidopsis Community - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Bastow, R., Beynon, J., Estelle, M., Friesner, J., Grotewold, E., Lavagi, I., Lindsey, K., Meyers, B., Provart, N., Benfey, P., Birney, E., Braun, P., Brendel, V., Buell, R., Caccamo, M., Carrington, J., Cherry, M., Ecker, J., Eppig, J., Forster, M., Gutierrez, R., Hilson, P., Huala, E., Katari, M., Kersey, P., Kudla, J., Ma, H., Matsui, M., Matthews, K., May, S., Mayer, K., Millar, A., Millar, H., Mjolsness, E., Mockler, T., Nikolau, B., Nordborg, M., Rawlings, C., Schofield, P., Schoof, H., Schroeder, J., Sen, T.Z., Stanzione, D., Town, C., Toyoda, T., Vision, T., Walsh, S., Wang, X., Ware, D., Weckwerth, W., Yang, W. 2010. An international bioinformatics infrastructure to underpin the Arabidopsis community. The Plant Cell. 22(8):2530-2536.

Rapid genomic characterization of the genus Vitis - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Myles, S., Chia, J., Hurwitz, B., Simon, C.J., Zhong, G., Buckler IV, E.S., Ware, D. 2010. Rapid genomic characterization of the genus Vitis. PLoS One. 5(1):e8219.

The B73maize genome: complexity, diversity, dynamics - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Schnable, P., Ware, D., Fulton, R.S., Stein, J.C., Wei, F., Pasternak, S., Liang, C., Wing, R., Wilson, R., Zhang, L., Chia, J., Narechania, A. 2009. The B73maize genome: complexity, diversity, dynamics. Science. 326(5956):1112-1115.

A first generation haplotype map of maize - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Gore, M.A., Chia, J., Elshire, R.J., Sun, Q., Ersoz, E.S., Hurwitz, B.L., Peiffer, J.A., Mcmullen, M.D., Grills, G.S., Ross-Ibarra, J., Ware, D., Buckler Iv, E.S. 2009. A first generation haplotype map of maize. Science. 326(5956):1115-1117.

Genome-wide characterization of maize miRNA genes - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Zhang, L., Chia, J., Kumari, S., Stein, J.C., Liu, Z., Narechania, A., Maher, C.A., Guill, K., Mcmullen, M.D., Ware, D. 2009. Genome-wide characterization of maize miRNA genes. PLoS Genetics. 5(11): e1000716. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000716.

The Physical and Genetic Framework of the B73 Maize Genome - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Wei, F., Zhang, J., Zhou, S., He, R., Schaeffer, M.L., Collura, K., Kudrna, D., Faga, B., Wissotski, M., Golser, W., Fulton, L., Courtney, W., Fronick, C., Fulton, B., Coe, E., Schwartz, D.C., Ware, D., Clifton, S., Wilson, R.K., Wing, R.A. 2009. The Physical and Genetic Framework of the B73 Maize Genome. PLoS Genetics. 5(11):e1000715.

A single molecule scaffold for the maize genome - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Zhou, S., Fusheng, W., Pasternak, S., Ware, D., Wing, R., Livny, M., Schwartz, D.C. 2009. A single molecule scaffold for the maize genome. PLoS Genetics. 5(11):1-14.

A Single Molecule Scaffold for the Maize Genome - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Zhou, S., Wei, F., Nguyen, J., Bechner, M., Potamousis, K., Goldstein, S., Pape, L., Mehan, M.R., Churas, C., Pasternak, S., Forrest, D.K., Wise, R.P., Ware, D., Wing, R., Waterman, M., Livny, M., Schwartz, D.C. 2009. A Single Molecule Scaffold for the Maize Genome. PLoS Genetics. 5(11):1-14.

Applications and Methods Utilizing the Simple Semantic Web Architecture and Protocol (SSWAP) for Bioinformatics Resource Discovery and Disparate Data and Service Integration - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Nelson, R., Avraham, S., Shoemaker, R.C., May, G., Ware, D., Gessler, D.D. 2009. Applications and Methods Utilizing the Simple Semantic Web Architecture and Protocol (SSWAP) for Bioinformatics Resource Discovery and Disparate Data and Service Integration. BioMed Central (BMC) BioData Mining. 10:309.

Evidence-based gene predictions in plant genomes - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Liang, C., Mao, L., Ware, D., Stein, L. 2009. Evidence-based gene predictions in plant genomes. Genome Research. 10(2):1912-1923.

CMap 1.01: a comparative mapping application for the internet - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Youens-Clark, K., Faga, B., Stein, L., Ware, D. 2009. CMap 1.01: a comparative mapping application for the internet. Bioinformatics. 25(22):3040-3042.

Genetic Properties of the Maize Nested Association Mapping Population - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Mcmullen, M.D., Kresovich, S., Sanchez-Villeda, H., Bradbury, P., Li, H., Sun, Q., Flint Garcia, S.A., Thornsberry, J., Acharya, C., Bottoms, C., Brown, P., Browne, C.J., Eller, M.S., Guill, K.E., Harjes, C., Kroon, D., Lepak, N.K., Mitchell, S., Peterson, B.E., Pressoir, G., Romero, S.M., Oropeza Rosas, M., Salvo, S.A., Yates, H., Hanson, M., Jones, E., Smith, S., Glaubitz, J., Goodman, M., Ware, D., Holland, J.B., Buckler Iv, E.S. 2009. Genetic Properties of the Maize Nested Association Mapping Population. Science. 325:737-740.

The Genetic Architecture of Maize Flowering Time - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Buckler Iv, E.S., Holland, J.B., Mcmullen, M.D., Kresovich, S., Acharya, C., Bradbury, P., Brown, P., Browne, C.J., Eller, M.S., Ersoz, E., Flint Garcia, S.A., Garcia, A., Glaubitz, J.C., Goodman, M., Haries, C., Guill, K.E., Kroon, D., Larsson, S., Lepak, N.K., Li, H., Mitchell, S.E., Pressoir, G., Peiffer, J., Oropeza Rosas, M., Rocheford, T., Romay, C., Romero, S., Salvo, S.A., Sanchez Villeda, H., Sun, Q., Tian, F., Upadyayula, N., Ware, D., Yates, H., Yu, J., Zhang, Z. 2009. The Genetic Architecture of Maize Flowering Time. Science. 325(5941):714-718.

Microdissection of Shoot Meristem Functional Domains - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Brook, Iii, L., Strable, J., Ware, D., Nettleton, D., Scanlon, M.J. 2009. Microdissection of Shoot Meristem Functional Domains. PLoS Genetics. 5(5): e1000476. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000476.

Large-scale enrichment and discovery of gene-associated SNPs - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Buckler Iv, E.S., Gore, M., Wright, M., Ersoz, E., Bouffard, P., Jarvie, T., Hurwitz, B., Narechania, A., Harkins, T., Grills, G., Ware, D. 2009. Large-scale enrichment and discovery of gene-associated SNPs. The Plant Genome. 2:121-133.

Panzea: An Update on New Content and Features - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Canaran, P., Buckler Iv, E.S., Glaubitz, J., Stein, L., Sun, Q., Zhao, W., Ware, D. 2009. Panzea: An Update on New Content and Features. Nucleic Acids Research. 36:D1041-D1043.

The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Paterson, A.H., Bowers, J.E., Maher, C.A., Narechania, A., Zhang, L., Ware, D., Messing, J., Rokhsar, D.S. 2009. The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses. Nature. 457:551-556.

Low-pass shotgun sequencing of the barley genome facilitates rapid identification of genes, conserved non-coding sequences and novel repeats - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Wicker, T., Narechania, A., Sabot, F., Stein, J., Giang, V., Graner, A., Ware, D., Stein, N. 2008. Low-pass shotgun sequencing of the barley genome facilitates rapid identification of genes, conserved non-coding sequences and novel repeats. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 9:518.

Genome-wide analysis for discovery of new rice miRNA reveals natural antisense miRNA (nat-miRNAs) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Lu, C., Jeong, D., Kulkarni, K., Pillay, M., Nobuta, K., German, R., Thatcher, D., Maher, C., Zhang, L., Ware, D., Liu, B., Cao, X., Meyers, B., Green, P. 2008. Genome-wide analysis for discovery of new rice miRNA reveals natural antisense miRNA (nat-miRNAs). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(12):4951-4956.

The Oryza map alignment project: Construction, alignment and analysis of 12 BAC fingerprint/end sequence framework physical maps that represent the 10 genome types of genus Oryza - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Kim, H., Hurwitz, B., Yu, Y., Collura, K., Gill, N., Miguel, P.S., Mullikin, J., Nelson, W., Wissotski, M., Braidotti, M., Kudrna, D., Goicoechea, J.L., Stein, L., Ware, D., Jackson, S., Soderlund, C., Wing, R. 2008. The Oryza map alignment project: Construction, alignment and analysis of 12 BAC fingerprint/end sequence framework physical maps that represent the 10 genome types of genus Oryza. Genome Research. 9:R45.1-R45.15.

HTML::GMap-A High Level Perl Wrapper Around the Google Maps(TM) API - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Canaran, P., Glaubitz, J., Ware, D. 2008. HTML::GMap-A High Level Perl Wrapper Around the Google Maps(TM) API. Bioinformatics. 36(1):1041-1043.

Gramene: a growing plant comparative genomics resource - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Jaiswal, P., Avraham, S., Buckler Iv, E.S., Casstevens, T., Hebbard, C., Liang, C., Ni, J., Ravenscroft, D., Ren, L., Stein, L., Spooner, W., Tecle, I., Thomason, J., Wei Xuehong, Ware, D., Youens-Clark, K., Yap, I., Mccouch, S., Tung, C. 2008. Gramene: a growing plant comparative genomics resource. Nucleic Acids Research. 36:D947-D953.

The Plant Ontology Database: A community resource for plant structure and developmental stages controlled vocabulary and annotations - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Avraham, S., Tung, C., Jaiswal, P., Ilic, K., Kellogg, E., Mccouch, S., Pujar, A., Reiser, L., Rhee, S., Sachs, M.M., Schaeffer, M.L., Stein, L., Stevens, P., Vincent, L., Zapata, F., Ware, D. 2008. The Plant Ontology Database: A community resource for plant structure and developmental stages controlled vocabulary and annotations. Nucleic Acids Research. 36:D449-D454.

The Plant Ontology Database: A Community Resource for Plant Structure and Developmental Stages Controlled Vocabulary and Annotations - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Avraham, S., Tung, C., Jaiswal, P., Ilic, K., Kellogg, E.A., Mccouch, S.R., Pujar, A., Reiser, L., Rhee, S.Y., Sachs, M.M., Schaeffer, M.L., Stein, L.D., Stevens, P.F., Vincent, L.P., Zapata, F., Ware, D. 2007. The Plant Ontology Database: A Community Resource for Plant Structure and Developmental Stages Controlled Vocabulary and Annotations. Nucleic Acids Research 36: Database issue D449-D454

Databases and data mining - (Book / Chapter)

Lawrence, C.J., Ware, D. 2009. Databases and data mining. In: Bennetzen, J.L., Hake, S., editors. Handbook of Maize. Vol. 2, Genetics and Genomics. 1st edition. New York, NY: Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. p. 659-672.

Plant Structure Ontology, Unified Vocabulary of Anatomy and Morphology of a Flowering Plant - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Ilic, K., Kellogg, E., Jaiswal, P., Zapata, F., Stevens, P., Vincent, L., Avraham, S., Reiser, L., Pujar, A., Sachs, M.M., Whitman, N., Mccouch, S., Schaeffer, M.L., Ware, D., Stein, L., Rhee, S. 2007. Plant Structure Ontology, Unified Vocabulary of Anatomy and Morphology of a Flowering Plant. Plant Physiology. 143:587-599.

Gramene: a bird's eye view of cereal genomes - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Jaiswal, P., Ni, J., Yap, I., Ware, D., Spooner, W., Youens-Clark, K., Ren, L., Liang, C., Zhao, W., Ratnapu, K., Faga, B., Canaran, P., Fogleman, M., Hebbard, C., Avraham, S., Schmidt, S., Casstevens, T., Buckler Iv, E.S., Stein, L., Mccouch, S. 2007. Gramene: a bird's eye view of cereal genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 34:D717-D723. Available: http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/

Tissue-specific expression of maize domestication and crop improvement loci - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Hufford, K., Canaran, P., Ware, D., Mcmullen, M.D., Gaut, B. 2007. Tissue-specific expression of maize domestication and crop improvement loci. Plant Physiology. 144:1642-1653.

Evolution of Arabidopsis microRNA families through duplication events - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Maher, C., Stein, L., Ware, D. 2007. Evolution of Arabidopsis microRNA families through duplication events. Genome Research. 16:510-519.

Integration of hybridization-based markers (overgos) into physical maps for comparative and evolutionary explorations in the genus Oryza and in Sorghum - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Hass-Jacobus, B., Futrell-Griggs, M., Abernathy, B., Westerman, R., Goicoechea, J., Stein, J., Ware, D. 2007. Integration of hybridization-based markers (overgos) into physical maps for comparative and evolutionary explorations in the genus Oryza and in Sorghum. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 7:199.

Panzea: A Database and Resource for Molecular and Functional Diversity in the Maize Genome - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Zhao, W., Canaran, P., Jurkuta, R., Fulton, T., Glaubitz, J., Buckler Iv, E.S., Doebley, J., Gaut, B., Goodman, M., Holland, J.B., Kresovich, S., Mcmullen, M.D., Stein, L., Ware, D. 2007. Panzea: A Database and Resource for Molecular and Functional Diversity in the Maize Genome. Nucleic Acids Research. 34:D752-D757.

Look-Align: an interactive web-based multiple sequence alignment viewer with polymorphism analysis support - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Canaran, P., Stein, L., Ware, D. 2007. Look-Align: an interactive web-based multiple sequence alignment viewer with polymorphism analysis support. Bioinformatics. 22(7):885-886.

Plant Structure Ontology. Unified Vocabulary of Anatomy and Morphology of a Flowering Plant - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Ilic, K., Kellogg, E.A., Jaiswal, P., Zapata, F., Stevens, P.F., Vincent, L.P., Avraham, S., Reiser, L., Pujar, A., Sachs, M.M., Whitman, N.T., Mccouch, S.R., Schaeffer, M.L., Ware, D., Stein, L.D., Rhee, S.Y. 2006. Plant Structure Ontology. Unified Vocabulary of Anatomy and Morphology of a Flowering Plant. Plant Physiology 143:587-599

WHOLE-PLANT GROWTH STAGE ONTOLOGY FOR ANGIOSPERMS AND ITS APPLICATION IN PLANT BIOLOGY - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Pujar, A., Jaiswal, P., Kellogg, E., Ilic, K., Vincent, L., Avraham, S., Stevens, P., Zapata, F., Reiser, L., Rhee, S., Sachs, M.M., Schaeffer, M.L., Stein, L., Ware, D., McCouch, S. 2006. Whole-plant growth stage ontology for angiosperms and its application in plant biology. Plant Physiology. 142:414-428.

PLANT ONTOLOGY (PO): A CONTROLLED VOCABULARY OF PLANT STRUCTURES AND GROWTH STAGES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Jaiswal, P., Avraham, S., Ilic, K., Kellogg, E.A., Mccouch, S., Pujar, A., Reiser, L., Rhee, S.Y., Sachs, M.M., Schaeffer, M.L., Stein, L., Stevens, P., Vincent, L., Ware, D., Zapata, F. 2005. Plant ontology (po): a controlled vocabulary of plant structures and growth stages. Comparative and Functional Genomics. 6:388-397.

MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN THE MAIZE GENOME - (Abstract Only)

Briggs, W., Buckler Iv, E.S., Canaran, P., Doebley, J., Fulton, T., Gaut, B., Goodman, M., Holland, J.B., Kresovich, S., Mcmullen, M.D., Stein, L., Ware, D., Wright, S., Zhao, W. 2005. Molecular and functional diversity in the maize genome [abstract]. Maize Genetics Conference. Paper No. 177. p. 126.