Zea luxurians, also referred to by the common names Maíz de Monte, Florida teosinte and Guatemalan teosinte,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[2] It is a true grass and a teosinte.
It is native to Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, but it can also be found in areas where it has been introduced, including Brazil, Colombia, and French Guiana.[3]
Tenaillon et al., 2011 obtain genome size estimates and transposable element (TE) content by high-throughput sequencing. They find ~50% difference in size and that divergence from maize (Z. mays) is largely due to different % of TE content. Ratios between TE families are highly conserved between Z. luxurians and Z. mays.[4]
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