ɪn ˈʌðɚ wˈɜːdz, ðˌoʊ ˌɑːɹɾɪfˈɪʃəl sᵻlˈɛkʃən hɐz ʃˈeɪpt ðə dʒˈiːnoʊm ʌv kˈɔːɹn ˌɪntʊ ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv dɪstˈɪŋktli ɐdˈæptᵻd kˈʌltɪvˌɑːɹz, sᵻlˈɛktɪv swˈiːps ˈæktɪŋ ˈɜːli ɪn ɪts dɪvˈɛləpmənt pɹəvˈaɪd ɐ jˈuːnɪfˌaɪɪŋ hˈɑːməpləsi ʌv dʒɪnˈɛɾɪk sˈiːkwəns.
In other words, though artificial selection has shaped the genome of corn into a number of distinctly adapted cultivars, selective sweeps acting early in its development provide a unifying homoplasy of genetic sequence.