2016/06 - Harry Potter and the gigantic genome

Article written by Patrick Clinton
Copyrights: The Counter

Excerpt

On June 13, a group of scientists known as the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) released what was described as a “whole genome assembly” for bread wheat. I didn’t see a ton of headlines, but to anyone who cares about food and the challenge of feeding the 9 billion people who are expected to live on Earth by mid-century, it was an incredibly important (and incredibly fascinating) landmark.

Why so important? Because wheat is so important. 

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