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    where did the corn plant come from?

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      Evidence suggests that cultivated corn arose through natural crossings, perhaps first with gamagrass to yield teosinte and then possibly with back­crossing of teosinte to primitive maize to produce modern races.


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      http://www.agron.iastate.edu/courses/agron212/readings/corn_history.htm

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