ɪn ɐ sˈɛns, ðə lˈɔŋbˈɛɹid swˈiːps mˈeɪ ɡˈɪv ˈɛvɪdəns ʌv kˈɔːɹnz, ænd tɪˈɑːsɪnts, ænsˈɛstɹəl stˈeɪt baɪ ᵻlˈuːsᵻdˌeɪɾɪŋ ɐ kˈɑːmən dʒɪnˈɛɾɪk bˈækɡɹaʊnd bᵻtwˌiːn ðə tˈuː.
In a sense, the long-buried sweeps may give evidence of corn's, and teosinte's, ancestral state by elucidating a common genetic background between the two.