The sequence of rice chromosomes 11 and 12, rich in disease resistance genes and recent gene duplications

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rice is an important staple food and, with the smallest cereal genome, serves as a reference species for studies on the evolution of cereals and other grasses. Therefore, decoding its entire genome will be a prerequisite for applied...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-09-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/3/20