Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
Abstract
Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) dominates the record of prehistoric agriculture in the Neotropics. Nonetheless, many significant questions of Zea systematics and evolution persist. Palynology provides a record central to addressing those questions, but determining pollen grain diameter remains a significant method- ological issue: diameter is a key characteristic in identification, and diameter seems to be space-time dependent - the latter phenomenon but little understood. One issue in analyzing diam- eter is the confounding effect of microscope-slide mounting media. This study provides correction factors to normalize diam- eter among silicon oil, glycerine jelly, and acrylic resin (du Pont Elvacite), the last coming into increasing use without previous study of its effect on pollen grain size.
Pages
35-39
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Palynology
Volume
21
Number
58
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Recommended Citation
Sluyter, A. (1997). Analysis of maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) pollen: Normalizing the effects of microscope?slide mounting media on diameter determinations. Palynology, 21 Retrieved from https://repository.lsu.edu/geoanth_pubs/58