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Published online 14 December 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news001214-12
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'Real' plant genomes not far behind
David Adam finds out when Ï and if Ï the sequencers will conquer grains, beans and pulses.
When it came to sequencing the genome of a plant, Arabidopsis was, for many, an obvious candidate to tackle first: it is small and simple, and biologists have been studying its genes for years. But to some, this anonymous weed will seem a curious choice for such treatment.
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