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Nature 422, 796-798 (24 April 2003) | doi:10.1038/422796a
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Rice genome: A recipe for revolution?
David Cyranoski1
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Sequencing the DNA of the world's leading food crop was the easy part. Now comes the tricky task of turning our new knowledge of the rice genome into agricultural and economic gains. David Cyranoski reports.
Last year was a good one for rice genomics. Draft genome sequences of the two agriculturally important subspecies of rice, called indica and japonica, were published in April1, 2.
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