The predominant modern su1 allele was found in all of the older Mexican cobs, but the younger New Mexican cobs had
several different alleles, suggesting that this gene was still undergoing selection when maize reached North America.
Not exact matches
At the same time,
several studies have outlined the fine specificity of
different closely related
alleles, in some cases clearly associated with predisposition to disease resistance or susceptibility.
Modifications are likely to be
different on each
allele, deletions may range from one or two bases to
several hundred.