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Oat genome — sequence of a superfood

Nature Plants volume 8, pages 602–603 (2022)Cite this article

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The analysis of the 11-gigabase, hexaploid oat genome reveals a mosaic chromosome structure with complex rearrangements related to polyploidization. The high-quality oat reference genome will facilitate the molecular identification of health food traits and the implementation of genomics-based oat breeding.

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  1. Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Simon G. Krattinger

  2. Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Beat Keller

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Krattinger, S.G., Keller, B. Oat genome — sequence of a superfood. Nat. Plants 8, 602–603 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01169-z

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