Latest genomic studies of wheat sheds new light on crop adaptation and domestication

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

The latest genomic studies of wheat sheds new light on crop adaptation and domestication. The two projects sequenced and analyzed two ancestral wheat genomes of Triticum urartu and Aegilops tauschii, respectively, throwing light on the biology of the world's primary staple crop and providing valuable new resource for the genetic improvement of wheat.

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