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News Release 05-134

International Team Maps Rice Genome

Genetic sequence of world’s most important crop holds promise for the growing human population

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An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of rice.

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of rice. The data are publicly available to researchers around the world, holding promise for increasing yields of the world's most important food source.

Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation


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