We report here the results of mapping a set of 92 leaf cDNA clones in
maize. The ends of each of these cDNA clones have previously been part
ially sequenced, and the sequence comparison has revealed the putative
function for 28 clones. It is expected that the RFLP map developed us
ing these expressed sequence tags will be of great importance for futu
re maize genome analysis, such as for PCR-based gene mapping or gene f
unction identification.