Maize Genome and Beyond, Research and Culture of Corn

The maize genome sequence is just the most recent of experiments with corn stretching back 10,000 years. Watch this web site evolve over the next year to tell the story how human ingenuity transformed a common Mexican weed (Teosinte) into a modern food and fuel wonder (corn).
Featured Podcasts
Sequencing the Maize Genome
Development of Hybrid Maize
Barbara McClintock's World
Hands-on Experiments for Students

Explosive Origins of Corn

Travel to Mexico to see the site of the oldest evidence of corn cultivation and learn why comparing two maize genomes implicates a volcano in the early evolution of corn.

Maize (Corn) Genome Completed

Teams of scientists in the US and Mexico have independently sequenced the most complex plant genome to date. Comparison of two varieties offers insight into the early domestication of corn.

100 Years of Corn Research at CSHL

The Maize Genome Project is the culmination of a century of maize research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory that began with George Shull and continued with Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock.