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The draft genome of wheat was recently sequenced by an international consortium of geneticists. The ‘gold standard’ sequence is expected to be created in three more years. In the meantime, Indian scientists are digging up some fascinating genetic traits of the cereal crop.
Ann Druyan, American author and Emmy-winning producer of the popular science TV series Cosmos conceived by her husband Carl Sagan, tells ardent Sagan fan Shubhobroto Ghosh that science must go beyond merely being a "compartmentalised collection of amazing facts".