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Maize is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, [1] and a suburb of Wichita. [5] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 5,735. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name Maize, derived from a Native American word for " corn ", was so named because it is located within the Corn Belt .
Maize is diploid with 20 chromosomes. 83% of allelic variation within the genome derives from its teosinte ancestors, primarily due to the freedom of Zea species to outcross. [38] Barbara McClintock used maize to validate her transposon theory of "jumping genes", for which she won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. [39]
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The Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City MO-KS (USA) Combined Statistical Area (CSA) encompasses the Metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) of Kansas City MO-KS, the St. Joseph metropolitan area and the Lawrence, Kansas metropolitan area with the Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA) of Warrensburg, Missouri, Atchison, Kansas, and Ottawa, Kansas.
Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,718.
Stilwell had its start when the Missouri Pacific Railroad began to plan to extend the railroad from Kansas City into the south. [2] The railroad was initially planned to run through the town of Aubry, but due to the topography, the railroad decided to place the tracks a half mile to the east.
Overland Park recently raised its minimum wage for city employees to $15 an hour. How do other cities in the metro compare? Overland Park sets $15 minimum wage for city workers.
Several of these routes connect Overland Park with other suburbs and downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [76] Kansas City International Airport is located approximately 22 mi (35 km) north of central Overland Park. [75] Johnson County Executive Airport, a public general aviation facility, is located immediately west of the city in Olathe. [75] [77]