It has been just over a decade since the release of the maize (Zea mays) Nested Association Mapping (NAM) population. The NAM population has been and continues to be an invaluable resource for the maize genetics community and has yielded insights into the genetic architecture of complex traits. The parental lines have become some of the most well-characterized maize germplasm, and their de novo assemblies were recently made publicly available. As we enter an exciting new stage in maize genomics, this retrospective will summarize the design and intentions behind the NAM population; its application, the discoveries it has enabled, and its influence in other systems; and use the past decade of hindsight to consider whether and how it will remain useful in a new age of genomics.

自玉米（Zea mays）巢式关联制图（NAM）种群发布以来已经过去了十多年。NAM种群一直是玉米遗传学社区的宝贵资源，并将继续对复杂性状的遗传结构产生深刻见解。亲本系已经成为一些最典型的玉米种质，并且它们的从头装配体最近已公开可用。当我们进入玉米基因组学一个令人兴奋的新阶段时，本回顾将总结NAM种群的设计和意图。它的应用，它已启用的发现及其在其他系统中的影响；并使用过去十年的事后分析来考虑它是否以及如何在新的基因组学时代中仍然有用。