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Maize genome mapped

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Sequence should help corn breeders meet global demands for food and fuel.

Plant biologists have something special to be thankful for this US Thanksgiving Day. The genome of maize (corn) — a staple crop first introduced by Native Americans to the European settlers centuries ago — has finally been sequenced. The genetic secrets of maize, one of the world's most widely grown grains, should accelerate efforts to develop improved crop varieties to meet the world's growing hunger for food, animal feed and fuel.

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Dolgin, E. Maize genome mapped. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.1098

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