Corn Palomero maize transcriptome. Zea mays strain:Palomero Toluqueno EDMX-2233

Palomero Toluqueno is an ancestral popcorn landrace. It a member of the Central and Northern Highlands Group that is considered to be a contributing germplasm of popcorn elite cultivars. Study of this organism will contribute to understanding the functional diversity of maize and illuminate the evolution/domestication of maize. Both of these efforts are expected to lead to identification of new genes to address contemporary agronomic problems. cDNAs generated from RNA obtained from 3 weeks old whole plants.