1. New perspectives on the origin and evolution of new world domesticated plants: Introduction

   • P. K. Bretting

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

2. Molecular Evidence and the Evolution of Maize

   • John Doebley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 27

3. Biochemical evidence bearing on the domestication ofPhaseolus (Fabaceae) beans

   • Paul Gepts

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 38

4. The evolution of cultivated potatoes

   • Paul Grun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 55

5. The domestication ofcucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)

   • Michael Nee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 56 - 68

6. Andean lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme: genetic variation and its evolutionary significance

   • C. M. Rick
   • M. Holle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 78

7. Molecular Evidence and the Origin and Development of the Domesticated Sunflower (Helianthus annum, Asteraceae)

   • Loren H. Rieseberg
   • Gerald J. Seiler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 91

8. Quinua and Relatives (Chenopodium sect.Chenopodium subsect.Celluloid)

   • Hugh D. Wilson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 92 - 110

9. New perspectives on the origin and evolution of new world domesticated plants: Summary

   • Charles Heiser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 116