Media Kit - IWGSC Draft Wheat Genome Sequence Publication

Media Kit - IWGSC Draft Wheat Genome Sequence Publication

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) published today in the international journal Science a draft sequence of the bread wheat genome. The chromosome-based draft provides new insight into the structure, organization, and evolution of the large, complex genome of the world’s most widely grown cereal crop.

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Reference

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) (2014). A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome. Science (New York, N.Y.), 345(6194), 1251788. doi:10.1126/science.1251788

Modification date : 16 August 2023 | Publication date : 11 February 2021 | Redactor : ic