Evolutionary history of world’s oldest domesticated crop

Nature, Published online: 02 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02375-1High-quality reference genomes of einkorn wheat, the world’s first domesticated crop, have now been sequenced. The contiguous wheat genome assemblies include gap-free centromeres (parts of the chromosome that are crucial for cell division). The genomes shed light on the evolution of... #press

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