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Bread with Reduced-Gluten Wheat? Researchers Successfully Map Wheat Genome

In 2006, plant researchers successfully mapped the genome of rice, the first crop to be sequenced. Today, the list of plants that have had their whole genomes mapped is extensive – from algae to papaya to almonds.
In an article for Wired, Megan Molteni reports that wheat, a key commodity crop, is the latest plant to have its genome fully mapped.
In a Science report published Thursday, an international team of more than 200 researchers presents the first high-quality, co
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