Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42236942›Full record

ArticleNature2026

Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein in maize.

Yongcai Huang, Yidong Zhu, Yahui Cui, Guolong Shi, Xiaoxian Wu, Wenhao Li, Zhiteng Chen, Yu Zhou, Yincong Gu, Zhigui Bao and 14 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Yongcai Huang *State Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-9051
Yidong Zhu *State Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Yahui Cui *State Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Guolong ShiState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoxian WuState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-8151
Wenhao LiState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Zhiteng ChenState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Yu ZhouShanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources Development, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Yincong GuState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2445-3074
Zhigui BaoMax Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3601-460X
Shiqi LuoState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Xingguo WuState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Ruifan LiShanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources Development, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Jingjing LiuState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xiangjie DaiState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Junxin LiuShanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources Development, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Di ChenState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Lulu GaoState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Chong YouState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Youliang LiState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Yu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1778-8389
Wenqin WangShanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources Development, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China. wang2021@shnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6427-6338
Haihai WangState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. hhwang@cemps.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5615-4215
Yongrui WuState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. yrwu@cemps.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-0511

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During maize (Zea mays L.) domestication, seed protein content sharply declined

Indexed as

AllelesNitrogenPlant ProteinsSeedsZea maysAsparagineAspartate AminotransferasesDomesticationGlutamineHaplotypesAsparagineAspartate AminotransferasesGlutamineNitrogenPlant Proteins

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PMID42236942

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