Teams of scientists in the US and Mexico have independently sequenced the most complex plant genome to date. Comparison of two varieties offers insight into the early domestication of corn.
Duration: 5 minutes, 40 seconds
Posted: November 19, 2009
DNA news, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Rob Martienssen, Maize Genome Project, Richard K. Wilson, Jason Williams, Luis Herrera-Estrella, Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, maize research, corn
- ID: 16958
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